Rani Ka Hajira

Rani No Hajiro (Queen's tomb) is the burial place of several wives of Ahmed Shah, Sultan of Gujarat .The sturcture is located east of the Jama Masjid and Sultan's Tomb in the area known as Manek Chowk. It is a square building raised above the level of the street around ten feet , and is organized around a central courtyard.

Rani no Hajiro is located near Manek Chowk on east of the Ahmed Shah's Roza .The enclosure is high above the ground entered by a lofty gateway and the courtyard surrounded by trellised cloister. The walls of the cloister are fitted with carved stone screens. The square open enclosure of 36.58 meters side is probably built in 1445.The courtyard contains eight marble tombs of queens of Ahmed Shah l and other Gujarat Sultanate rulers. They are elaborately carved and inlaid with work of mother-of- pearl and metal . The principal tomb belongs to Mughalai Bibi , the wife of Muhammad Shah ll and mother of Mahmud Begada .It is richly carved in white marble , and girt with a persian inscription in minute relief .An adjacent tomb in black marble, once inlaid with mother-of- pearl, belongs to Mirki or Murki Bibi, the wife of Shah-e-alam,the sister of queen and the daughter of Jam of Sindh. These tombs are covered with rich brocade works, the textile style developed during regin of Ahmed Shah Rani no Hajiro was constructed in the 15th century by the great Sultan Ahmed Shah .It is vault of graves which served as the last resting place for queens of this empire.