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Adham Khan's tomb lies to the north of the Qutub-Mehrauli
road immediately before one reaches the town lying on the walls of Lal-Kot
and rising from a terrace enclosed by an octagonal wall provided with low
towers at the corners.
The
tomb consists of a domed octagonal chamber in the Lodi style, with a
verandah on each side pierced by three openings, without however, the
usual 'chhajja' (eaves) below the parapets. It is known popularly as
'Bhul-Bhulaiyan' (labyrinth), for a visitor often loses his way amidst the
several passages in the thickness of its walls.
Adham Khan, son of Maham Anga, a wet nurse of Akbar, was a nobleman and
general in Akbar's army. In 1562 he fell out with Ataga Khan, husband of
Ji Ji Anga, another wet nurse, and killed him, whereupon he was thrown
down from the ramparts of Agra Fort by the order of the emperor and died.
His mother also soon passed away out of grief, and both were buried in
this tomb built by Akbar.