It's
not easy being a king. This is the incomplete tomb of the last Qutb
Shahi king, Mirza Nizamuddin Ahmed (who died in 1687 in captivity in
Daulatabad Fort). With him, the rule of the Qutb Shahi emperors ended.
It was a practice among the Qutb Shahis that each king built his own
tomb, in preparation ahead. The plans for this tomb ended rudely after
an eight-month seige by Aurangazeb. Seeing the tomb reminded me that
dizzying heights are also accompanied by dizzying lows. Maybe there is
something to said for a life without such pomp and splendour!
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