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| Gulab Bari, Faizabad,Uttar Pradesh. YouTube |
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| Gulab Bari, Tomb of Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula.en.wikipedia.org |
Gulab Bari (meaning 'Garden of Roses') is a fascinating well-laid out rose garden in Faizabad, UP, covering a vast lush green area. It houses the Tomb of Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula (1753–1775), the third Nawab of Awadh and his parents. The garden has an excellent collection of roses of various hues and varieties nearly arranged by the sides of water fountains. It is said that the ruler would come to this place often to enjoy the fragrance and to take decision on political matters in a comfortable, peaceful ambiance provided by the nice-smelling rose garden and the greenery surrounding it.
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| Second gate, Gulab Bari, Faizabad, UP.en.wikipedia.org |
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| Nakkar Khana at Gulab Bari, Faizabad. Inditales |
Gulab Bari, the maqbara (Mausoleum) of Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula is a declared monument of national Importance under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act.
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| Nawab Shuja-ud-daula and his sons. en.wikipedia.org |
Above image: Shuja-ud-Daula (1753–1775) the Nawab of Awadh, with his four Sons, General Barker and other military officers of the East India Company. The Nawab himself built the tomb - Gulab Bari at Faizabad, his capital city.
The enclosure wall that surrounds Gulab Bari is built of Lakhauri bricks lime plastered and decorated with plaster molding. Within the enclosure is built the tomb of Shuja-ud-daula along with mosque Imambara, Shahi Hammam, Baradari and a well approached through triple-arched gateways. Shuja-ud-daula himself built the tomb during his lifetime and it can be accessed through an imposing gateway. As in many mausoleum, here the central chamber contains the cenotaph which houses the graves of Nawab Shuja-ud-daula and his mother. The tomb proper stands in the centre of a Charbagh Garden accompanied by fountains and shallow water channels. The square double-storied mausoleum has an arched veranda on each side and an upper story with three arched facade adorned by minarets on the corners. The huge and impressive dome of the central chamber is crowned by inverted louts and metal finial.
Gulab Bari is secretly connected to a boali in Lucknow and was used to be a hiding place for the successors of the Nawab Shuja-ud-daula in case of emergency. it is a place of worship for the local Muslims and this place needs to be properly maintained. Gulab Bari is open 4 am – 7 pm, year-round.
Shuja-ud-daula, who made Faizabad the capital of Awadh during his reign built very huge and impressive artistic buildings in the city. It shows during his rule the city attained prosperity, which it never saw again. The other attractive buildings built by Nawab Suja are Moti Mahal and the tomb of Bahu Begum. The former was the residence of his beloved wife (he took her hands in 1743) and the latter is the Begam's Maqbara, at near-by Jawaharbagh where she was buried after her death in 1816. Bahu Begum, a distinguished woman with noble heart was instrumental for many Muslim buildings in Faisabad.After her demise till annexation by the EIC, the city had begun to lose its beauty and glory. Later Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula shifted the capital to Lucknow.
