Safdarjung's tomb was built in 1753 by Shuja ud duallah as a tribute to his father's memory. Safdurjung, whose original name was Mirza Muquim Abul Mansur Khan was the governor of the province of Awadh under the reign of Muhammad Shah and was later made the ruler's prime minister. It is probably the only construction in Delhi that speaks of the same grandeur of Mughal art during and previous to the rule of Aurangzeb