Imambara Sibtainabad Lucknow
Amjad Ali Shah Mausoleum located in the western part of Hazrat Ganj which is also known as Imambara Sibtainabad Lucknow. It is one of the popular attraction in Lucknow. It was built by the last ruler of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah (1847-56A.D.) over the grave of his father King Amjad Ali Shah (1842-47A.D.).Within an enclosure wall, stand the main Imambara building, mosque and a rectangular hauz (tank), entered through two lofty gateways. It is built of lakhauri bricks in lime mortar, lime plastered and decorated with fine plaster mouldings. The Imambara proper stands on a platform approached by two flights of steps and consisits of a central hall and two other rooms either side along with a raised platform (shah-n-sheen) for housing tazias and other rituals objects. Its arcaded exterior wall and the ceiling are decorated with floral and geometrical design in coloured stucco.
Imambara Sibtainabad Lucknow Mourning
In Imambara Sibtainabad Lucknow, Wajid Ali used to meditate for hours during the Mohurram. mourning period and take part in congregations (Majlis) every morning. On second day of Mohurrum, when the King came back to his palace, Sultan Khana died. He was laid to rest here.
The Imambara, built in 1864, stands sparklingly whitewashed on Garden Reach Road untouched by Bangla Bazar spread around it. Its imposing arched portal is surmounted by the naubatkhana. An electronic clock attached to it strikes the only jarring note.
Prince Anjum Qader, who is President of the All-India Shia Conference and his two brothers, Dr. Kaukab Mirza and Prince Nayyer Qader, are trustees of the Imambara Sibtainabad Trust.
Innumerable lampshades of coloured glass hang from the ceiling of the portico. On its wall are the portraits of Hazrat Mahal and her son, Birjis Qadr. During the sepoy uprising in Lucknow, she became his regent. After Lucknow fell to the British, she fled with her infant son to Nepal where she died. Later Birjis returned to India and died of food poisoning in Metiyaburz.
Wajid Ali, his son, Birjis, and daughter-in-law, Mahtab Ara, a Moghul princess, and several other members of his family were interred here. Wajid Ali Shah’s grave is adorned with a silver zari, replica of a Muslim shrine, banner, exquisitely embroidered with gold and silver thread dusty and crumbling with age, candlebras and a priceless pair of jade vases.
A rare portrait by an unknown artist of the King in his last days can be seen here (reproduced above). The King, stern and portly, is attired in an elegant white angarkha, so unlike the overdressed he was in his salad days.
How to reach
Imambara is situated at popular and very known area of Lucknow city. It is situated in Hazrat ganj reaching to Imambara is very easy all the convence, which you wnt is available to reach here from charbagh railway station a straight way to hazrat ganj.
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