{"id":38570,"date":"2023-12-19T16:50:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38570"},"modified":"2023-12-19T16:50:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:50:09","slug":"ihbcs-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-vandals-target-zafar-mahal-knock-down-screen-enclosing-emperors-empty-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38570","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Heritage from the global doorstep\u2019: Vandals target Zafar Mahal, knock down screen enclosing emperor\u2019s \u2018empty grave\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/ab\/Zafar_mahal_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-38571\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Zafar_Mahal_Mehrauli_by_Parth_rkt_Commons_Wiki.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>Unknown vandals allegedly destroyed a part of Zafar Mahal, a 19th-century structure, in Mehrauli, reports the <em>Indian Express<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/ab\/Zafar_mahal_4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zafar Mahal<\/a> by Parth.rkt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Indian Express<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) attributed the damage to \u201canti-social elements\u201d who purportedly kicked in a jali (lattice) screen situated to the left of the entry to the premises.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the screen surrounds what is considered the \u2018empty grave\u2019 of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Conservation activist Sohail Hashmi raised concerns about the inadequate protection to such historical sites. \u201cEven if they are protected monuments, they have one guard in charge of several monuments scattered across large distances\u201d Hashmi stated. He said local residents often encroach upon these sites for various activities&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/delhi\/vandals-target-zafar-mahal-knock-down-screen-enclosing-emperors-empty-grave-9062713\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unknown vandals allegedly destroyed a part of Zafar Mahal, a 19th-century structure, in Mehrauli, reports the Indian Express. image for illustration: Zafar Mahal by Parth.rkt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38572,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38570\/revisions\/38572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}