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Humayun’s Tomb

Humayun's tomb is the tomb of Mughal Emperor Humayun situated in , India. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's first wife and chief consort, Empress Bega Begum under her patronage in 1558, and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyas and his son, Sayyid Muhammad, Persian architects chosen by her.
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  • Type: Tomb
  • Description: tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun in Delhi, India
  • Also known as: “Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi” and “Maqbara e Humayun”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nila Gumbad and Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station.

Archaeological site
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is a tomb located within the Humayun's Tomb complex at , India. Historians are unsure about the identity of the person who has been buried. is situated 170 metres southeast of Humayun’s Tomb.

Railway station
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is part of the Indian Railways network. Located in , it is operated by the Delhi division of the Northern Railway. is situated 450 metres southeast of Humayun’s Tomb.

Archaeological site
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The complex consists of a tomb and , located inside the Humayun's Tomb complex in the south of , India. The mausoleum houses the tomb of an unknown person. is situated 350 metres west of Humayun’s Tomb.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nizamuddin East and Nizamuddin West.

Neighborhood
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is an affluent residential colony in South East Delhi, . It is located on Mathura Road and is home to Humayun's Tomb, as well as that of Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana.

Neighborhood
is an upscale residential locality, conveniently located south of India gate. It is a historically busy neighbourhood in South Delhi and has many parks and trees.

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood in , . It is in walking distance to Khan Market. The name is inspired by the Delhi Golf Course nearby. It is close to a similar neighbourhood called Jorbagh and is a quiet residential area.

Humayun’s Tomb

Latitude
28.59266° or 28° 35′ 34″ north
Longitude
77.25157° or 77° 15′ 6″ east
Elevation
216 metres (709 feet)
Open location code
7JWVH7V2+3J
Geo­Names ID
6619399
Wiki­data ID
Q189648
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Humayun’s Tomb” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ضريح همايون”
  • Arabic: “مقبرة همايون”
  • Armenian: “Հումայունի դամբարան”
  • Assamese: “হুমায়ুনৰ সমাধিক্ষেত্ৰ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hümayun türbəsi”
  • Basque: “Humayunen hilobia”
  • Belarusian: “Грабніца Хумаюна”
  • Bengali: “হুমায়ুনের সমাধিসৌধ”
  • Bhojpuri: “हुमायूँ के मकबरा”
  • Bulgarian: “Гробница на Хумаюн”
  • Burmese: “ဟူးမားရွန်း၏ သင်္ချိုင်းဂူ”
  • Catalan: “Mausoleu d’Humayun”
  • Catalan: “Mausoleu de Humayun”
  • Catalan: “Tomba d’Humayun”
  • Catalan: “Tomba de Humayun”
  • Central Bikol: “Lubongan ni Humayun”
  • Chechen: “Хумаюнан мавзолей”
  • Chinese: “胡馬雍陵”
  • Chinese: “胡马雍陵”
  • Croatian: “Humajunova grobnica”
  • Czech: “Humajúnova hrobka v Dillí”
  • Czech: “Humajúnova hrobka”
  • Czech: “Humájúnova hrobka”
  • Czech: “Húmajúnova hrobka”
  • Danish: “Humayun mausoleum”
  • Dutch: “Humayun’s tombe”
  • Dutch: “Humayuns tombe”
  • Dutch: “Tombe van Humayun”
  • Esperanto: “Tombo de Humajun”
  • Finnish: “Humayunin mausoleumi”
  • French: “Tombe d’Humâyûn”
  • French: “tombe de Humayun”
  • French: “Tombe de Humâyûn”
  • French: “Tombeau d’Humayun”
  • Galician: “Tumba de Humayun”
  • Georgian: “ჰუმაუნის აკლდამა”
  • German: “Humayun-Mausoleum”
  • Greek: “Μαυσωλείο Χουμαγιούν”
  • Gujarati: “હુમાયુનો મકબરો”
  • Hebrew: “קבר הומאיון”
  • Hindi: “हुमायुँ का मकबरा”
  • Hindi: “हुमायुं का मकबरा”
  • Hindi: “हुमायूँ का मकबरा”
  • Hindi: “हुमायूँ का मक़बरा”
  • Hindi: “हुमायूं का मकबरा”
  • Hindi: “हुमायूं का मक़बरा”
  • Hindi: “हुमायूं मकबरा”
  • Hindi: “हुमायूं मक़बरा”
  • Hungarian: “Humájun császár síremléke”
  • Indonesian: “Makam Humayun”
  • Italian: “tomba di Humayun”
  • Italian: “Tomba di Humayun”
  • Japanese: “デリーのフマーユーン廟”
  • Japanese: “フマーユーン廟”
  • Japanese: “フマユーン廟”
  • Kannada: “ಹುಮಾಯೂನನ ಸಮಾಧಿ”
  • Korean: “델리의 후마윤 묘지”
  • Korean: “후마윤 묘지”
  • Latvian: “Humajuna kaps”
  • Latvian: “Humājūna kaps”
  • Lithuanian: “Humajuno kapavietė”
  • Lithuanian: “Humajūno kapavietė”
  • Macedonian: “Хумајунов гроб”
  • Maithili: “हुमायुँक मकबरा”
  • Malayalam: “Humayun’s tomb”
  • Malayalam: “ഹുമയൂണിന്റെ ശവകുടീരം”
  • Malayalam: “ഹുമയൂൺ ടോംബ്”
  • Malayalam: “ഹുമയൂൺസ് ടോംബ്”
  • Maltese: “Maqbara e Humayun”
  • Maltese: “Qabar ta‘ Humayun”
  • Maltese: “Qabar ta’ Humayun”
  • Marathi: “हुमायूनची कबर”
  • Mingrelian: “ჰაუმანიშ აკარდამა”
  • Nepali: “हुमायुँको चिहान”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Humayuns grav”
  • Norwegian: “Humayuns grav”
  • Oriya: “ହୁମାୟୁନଙ୍କର ସମାଧିସୌଧ”
  • Panjabi: “ਹੁਮਾਯੂੰ ਦਾ ਮਕਬਰਾ”
  • Persian: “آرامگاه همایون”
  • Persian: “آرامگاهٔ همایون”
  • Persian: “ارامگاه همایون”
  • Persian: “ارامگاهٔ همایون”
  • Polish: “Grobowiec Humajuna”
  • Portuguese: “Túmulo de Humaium”
  • Portuguese: “Túmulo de Humayun”
  • Pushto: “د همایون مقبره”
  • Russian: “Гробница Хумаюна”
  • Russian: “Мавзолей Хумаюна”
  • Sanskrit: “mayank”
  • Scots: “Humayun’s Tomb”
  • Serbian: “Хумајунов гроб”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Humajunova grobnica”
  • Slovak: “Humájúnova hrobka”
  • Slovenian: “Humajunova grobnica”
  • Spanish: “Tumba de Humayun”
  • Swedish: “Humajuns grav”
  • Tamil: “உமாயூனின் சமாதி”
  • Tamil: “உமாயூன் சமாதி”
  • Tamil: “ஹுமாயூன் சமாதி”
  • Telugu: “హుమాయూన్ సమాధి”
  • Thai: “หลุมฝังพระบรมศพของจักรพรรดิหุมายูง”
  • Thai: “หุมายูง กา มักบะรา”
  • Turkish: “Hümayun türbesi”
  • Turkish: “Hümayun Türbesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Гробниця Гумаюна”
  • Ukrainian: “Гробниця Хумаюна”
  • Ukrainian: “Мавзолей Хумаюна”
  • Urdu: “مقبرہ ہمایوں”
  • Uzbek: “Humoyun maqbarasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Lăng Humayun”
  • Vietnamese: “Lăng mộ của Humayun”
  • Vietnamese: “Lăng mộ Humayun”
  • Vietnamese: “Mộ Humayun”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہمایوں دا مقبرہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “胡马雍陵”
  • Yue Chinese: “胡馬雍陵”
  • “हुमायूँ के मकबरा”

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