Humayun's tomb (
Maqbara e Humayun ) is the
tomb of the
Mughal Emperor Humayun in Delhi, India. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's son Akbar) in 1569-70, and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, a Persian architect chosen by Bega Begum. It was the first garden-tomb on the
Indian subcontinent, and is located in
Nizamuddin East,
Delhi, India, close to the
Dina-panah citadel also known as
Purana Qila (Old Fort), that Humayun founded in 1533. It was also the first structure to use red sandstone at such a scale. The tomb was declared a
UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993, and since then has undergone extensive restoration work, which is complete. Besides the main tomb enclosure of Humayun, several smaller monuments dot the pathway leading up to it, from the main entrance in the West, including one that even pre-dates the main tomb itself, by twenty years; it is the tomb complex of
Isa Khan Niyazi, an
Afghan noble in
Sher Shah Suri's court of the
Suri dynasty, who fought against the Mughals, constructed in 1547 CE.