BELOW the Kutb pillar and to the east of Ala-ud-din's Gateway, is situated a small tornb which contains the remains of Muhammad Ali Masjid, also known by the soubriquet of Husain Pai Minar, and Muhammad Fakir Syud Imam Zamin. This man was a celebrated Muhammadan priest who officiated in the principal Masjid in Delhi during the reign of Sikandar Lodi (A.D. 1488-1517). During the first part of Humayun's reign in A.D. 1535, Muhammad Ali had this building erected with a view of using it during his lifetime as a dwelling—a sort of hermit's retreat—and when his death occurred in A.D.
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