Narnaul

Narnaul stands on an old mound southwest of Delhi, among the towns of Mewat. Around the shrine of Shah Wilayat are buildings dating from the Delhi Sultanate, while monuments of the Lodi and Mughal periods bear witness to later patrons. The family of Sher Shah Suri had ties to the town for generations, and his grandfather Ibrahim Khan is thought to have been born here.

After defeating Humayun in 1540, Sher Shah built a grand tomb for Ibrahim Khan within the shrine complex, in the architectural style of the Lodis. Under the Mughals, Shah Quli Khan's octagonal tomb and the Jal Mahal added to Narnaul's monuments. A richly ornamented residence, the Chhata Rai Bal Mukund Das, reflects a style that spread through northern India in the time of Shah Jahan. In the eighteenth century the town came under both Maratha and Ahir rulers.