Adham Khan Tomb at Mehrauli: Akbar got him killed and then made a memorial for him.

This must be the first memorial erected for the person whom you get killed first. Akbar got Adham Khan killed and then made a memorial for him. 

The attractive Adham Khan Tomb at Mehrauli.

All of us have heard the name of the Mughal emperor Akbar who ruled India for about 50 years from 1556 to 1605 CE and is the most remembered Mughal ruler in India. When he was a child, Akbar was left behind in India by his father Humayun who fled to Iran with his pregnant wife, after having been defeated by Sher Shah Sur. Akbar, that time was about a year old. He was looked after, in absence of his parents, by two wet mothers, Maham Anga and Jiji Anga. They cared for him for the time Humayun was away to Iran and before he came back and won the empire from the successors of Sher Shah who had died in the meanwhile.

The Adham Khan Tomb is more of Lodhi architecture than Mughal architecture.

Because of the immense services of these wet mothers of Akbar, they and their families exercised great influence on Humayun and later, on Akbar when he became King at an early age of 11 years. Maham Anga had two sons, one of whom was named Adham Khan who occupied position of importance in army of Akbar. As it happened, there was competition and jealousies among the wet mothers and their families. When the husband of Jiji Anga was made a minister by Akbar, Adham Khan resented it and killed Ataga Khan, which infuriated Akbar, to the extent that he got him killed by getting him thrown from the ramparts of Agra Fort. After his death, Adham Khan's body was brought to Delhi and buried near Sufi Saint Qutub-ud-din Bakhtiar Kaki in Mehrauli. The mother Maham Anagh could not reconcile to the death of her son and died soon after. Akbar got a massive memorial built for Adham Khan where his mother was also buried after her death.

Beautiful Qutub as seen from Adham Khan Tomb.

This tomb is lying on the walls of Lal Kot at Meharuali town in Delhi  and is also known as Bhul Bhulaia, One gets a fabulous view of Qutub Minar from Adham Khan's tomb which is octagonal in its design and is very attractive. This tomb is more on Lodhi pattern than the Mughal architecture.  The tomb is domed octagonal chamber with a verandah on each side pierced by three openings. It has low towers on each of its corner.