Shrine of Ibrahim

The Shrine of Ibrahim, known locally as Lal Shahbaz Dargah, was built around 1160 in Bhadresar in Kutch district, Gujarat, India. It is one of the earliers extant Islamic monuments in India.

Shrine

The shrine, in a small walled enclosure, has a square pyramid shaped dome, round in the inside and supported on eight pillars set against the wall. Inside are some Arab writings in large square Kufic characters, and in the court some graves also with Kufic inscriptions. These epigraph constructed in 1160 marked the first use of Kufic script in India. According to an inscription in the monument, it is a shrine to Ibrahim.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Shastri, Parth (24 February 2012). "Epigraphs from Sultanate period in Guj show integration of faiths". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha (Public Domain text). Printed at the Government Central Press. 1880. p. 215.

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