Shekh Ahmed Khuttoo Gunj Buksh was a native of Puttun, as Unhilwára gradually came to be called, and the early friend and adviser of Ahmed Shah. After taking a part in the erection of the new city, as has already been stated, he refused all honour and reward, and retired to Sirkhej, a village about five miles south-west of Ahmedabad, and died there in A.D. 1445. Mohummed Shah, the reigning monarch, ordered a tomb and mosque to be erected to his memory, which were completed in A.D. 1451 by his son Kootub Shah. The locality became a favourite resort of Mahmood Begurra, for repose and religious meditation. He excavated a tank of immense size, surrounded it with steps of cut stone, built on its border a splendid palace and harem, and finally raised a mausoleum for himself and his family opposite to that of the Saint, in which he, his son Moozuffur II., and bis queen Rájbaee, are all buried. In A.D. 1584, his descendant, Moozuffur III., suffered a final defeat in the vicinity, which the victorious lieutenant of Akbar commemorated by erecting a pleasure-garden and country-house called Futehwaree, or the “Garden of Victory,” of which the remains still exist. The general arrangement of the mosque and tombs will be best understood by reference to the subjoined plan. The palace and harem are at the opposite, or south-west corner of the tank.

The tomb of the Saint (Plate 44), which is the largest of its kind in Goozerat, is surrounded by an inner trellis of metal perforated in beautiful patterns, and is dimly lighted by figured perforations in the dome itself. The exterior of both this tomb and the others is entirely filled with windows of perforated stone (Plate 47). The supply-sluice of the tank (Plates 52 and 53) is worthy of notice.

41. Sirkhej. — View from the South-west corner of the Tomb.
41. Sirkhej. — View from the South-west corner of the Tomb.
42. Sirkhej. — The entrance.
42. Sirkhej. — The entrance.
43. Sirkhej. — The Pavalion, and the Tomb of Ganj Buksh.
43. Sirkhej. — The Pavalion, and the Tomb of Ganj Buksh.
44. Sirkhej. — Tomb of Ganj Buksh from the North-east.
44. Sirkhej. — Tomb of Ganj Buksh from the North-east.
45. Sirkhej. — Porch between the Tombs of Muhmood Begurra and his Queen.
45. Sirkhej. — Porch between the Tombs of Muhmood Begurra and his Queen.
46. Sirkhej. — View from the South-east
46. Sirkhej. — View from the South-east
47. Sirkhej. — The South-west corner of the Tomb of Muhmood Begurra.
47. Sirkhej. — The South-west corner of the Tomb of Muhmood Begurra.
48. Sirkhej. — The Mosque, from the North-east.
48. Sirkhej. — The Mosque, from the North-east.
49. Sirkhej. — Porch in the Southern Colonnade of the Mosque.
49. Sirkhej. — Porch in the Southern Colonnade of the Mosque.
50. Sirkhej. — Ruins of the Harem of the Palace.
50. Sirkhej. — Ruins of the Harem of the Palace.
51. Sirkhej. — The West-weir of the Tank, and part of the Palace.
51. Sirkhej. — The West-weir of the Tank, and part of the Palace.
52. Sirkhej. — The Supply-sluice of the tank.
52. Sirkhej. — The Supply-sluice of the tank.
53. Sirkhej. — The Supply-sluice, and the Palace in the distance.
53. Sirkhej. — The Supply-sluice, and the Palace in the distance.