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in the habit of holding their meetings on this mound ; before that, the 
mound is said to have been called Tall-i-Qutbiyan or the mound of the 
holy men, from the numbers who lie buried in it. The mound at the 
present day is one mass of graves, and at one place on the northern side, 
in digging out the foundations for the fortifications, a large stone-lined 
mausoleum was found at a considerable depth, full of human bones, but 
with nothing in it to show who the people buried there were, though 
they are believed to have been Muhammadans. 
There are two shrines on the mound, ordinary domed buildings of 
burnt brick. One contains the tomb of ’Abdu-llah, son of Mu’awiyah, son 
of Ja’far, son of Abu Talib (the father of Hazrat ’All) and grandson of 
Zainab (the daughter of the Prophet by his wife Fatimah). The follow¬ 
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the tomb, but does not give the date of death ; it records the fact that the 
present building was erected by Shaikh Bayazid, son of ’All Mushrif in 
A. H. 865 (A. D. 1461). 
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In the same building there is a tomb said to be that of Mir Hu- 
saini, but 011 the tombstone the name of Amir Muhammad and date 
A. H. 838 (A. D. 1435) are inscribed. This tombstone is said to have been 
brought from elsewhere and stuck up here. 
The second shrine is known as the Ziyarat-i-Shalizada Qasim, but 
the tombstones here also are said to have been brought from elsewhere. 
On the headstone to the grave the name of Abu-1-Qasim, son of Ja’far, is 
engraved in Persian and the date of death A. H. 994 or A. D. 1586, while 
on the back of the same stone another inscription gives the date of A. H. 
897 or A. D. 1492. On the footstone the name of Amir Jalalu-d-diu is 
engraved, but without date or particulars. 
