ID: 700002961 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002961	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Safdarjung's Tomb (mausoleum; unknown Abyssinian (architect); ca. 1754; New Delhi (Delhi, Bhārat, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hie...;)

Note: Mausoleum for the ruler Safdarjung, and a very late example of Mughal architecture in India.

Titles:

Safdarjung's Tomb (preferred,C,U,English-P,,)

Tomb of Safdarjung (C,U,English,,)

Tomb of Safdarjung (Sufter Jung) (C,U,English,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mausoleum [300005891] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, funerary structures, funerary buildings, sepulchral buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1754

Creator Display:

unknown Abyssinian (architect) [preferred,VP]

architect unknown Abyssinian (Abyssinian cultural designation) [500372691]

Locations:

Current: New Delhi [7001534] (Geographic)

Address Note: 28.589266°N 77.210506°E

Display Materials: sandstone, marble

	sandstone [300011376]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>)

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

Indian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Mughal [300018939] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Islamic World| The, Islamic (culture or style), Islamic Indian)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

funerary (purpose)

Specific Subjects:

	Safdarjung (Persian and Indian ruler, died 1754) [500372688]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Safdarjung's Tomb	........ [VP]
	........ Archaeological Survey of India [online] (2011-) accessed 29 June 2016
	........ Delhi Tourism [online] (2015-) accessed 29 June 2016
Tomb of Safdarjung	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-)
Tomb of Safdarjung (Sufter Jung)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

....................... Archaeological Survey of India [online] (2016-)

....................... Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 29 June 2016

....................... Dasgupta, Safdarjung's Tomb, Economic Times (2016) accessed 29 June 2016

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Archaeological Survey of India [online] (2016-) accessed 29 June 2016