*View of the dargah of Shaikh Salim Chishti and the tomb of Islam Khan beside it in the courtyard of the Great Mosque at Fathpur Sikri, a watercolor by Sita Ram, 1814-15* (BL)


*Mausoleum of Salim Chishti in the Great Mosque, Fatehpur Sikri, a watercolor, c.1808-20* (BL)


*Mausoleum of Shaikh Salim Chishti, a watercolor by a Delhi artist, c.1820* (BL) [*watercolor 1820*]



*A steel engraving from Verlag von A. Payne, Dresden, c.1860*

Source: ebay, Jan. 2011


A photo from the 1860's, by Samuel Bourne

Source: ebay, Oct. 2007


The tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti, in an engraving from 'Le Tour du Monde', 1872; *a very large scan of this engraving*

Source: ebay, May 2009





An overview photo from the 1880's

Source: ebay, Dec. 2012


An early overview photo of the dargah in its setting (an undated early photo)

Source: ebay, Mar. 2006


*A photo from the 1890's*

Source: ebay, Dec. 2008



*A professional photo, c.1910*; *another such view, 1910*

Source: ebay, Mar. 2009


A modern visitor's photo

Source: http://www.physiology.wisc.edu/ravi/photos/fps/fps4.html
(downloaded June 2001)


A view from the inside

Source: http://3demi.net/photos/voyages/inde/rajhastanSudEst/51.html
(downloaded Feb. 2005)


The carved marble latticework walls give a sense of privacy and peace

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anandvt/188747645/
(downloaded Oct. 2006)


An outside view of the exquisite marble lattices of the dargah

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/byronic501/67747670/
(downloaded Oct. 2006) 


The lattices are irresistible, they make you want to stay there forever

Source: http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat4/museum1?museum=Agra&genre=Fate&cd=7353-3123-1393:7353-3123-1395:7353-3123-1396:7353-3123-1394&country=Inde&col=pays
[Agra, Fatehpur, section 1 (of 4), page 3, image 7]
(downloaded Apr. 2004)


The inner room of Shaikh Salim Chishti's tomb, containing the tomb itself

Source:  Courtesy of Prof. Frederick Asher, Univ. of Minnesota, October 1999


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