Qutab Sahib ki Baoli

Qutub Sahib ki baoli is located at Mehrauli inside the Dargah of Qutub ul Aqtab Hazrat Khwaja Syed Muhammad Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, a Sufi saint and the spiritual successor of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

Qutab Sahib’s dargah is the oldest sufi dargah in Delhi.

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Even though the origins of this deep spring of water is not known, but the structures around it were erected in 1846 by Bahadur Shah Zafar’s loyals. This well is referred to as Qutub Sahib ki baoli by locals.

Currently the baoli, is covered on all sides and is hardly visible. Though referred to as sacred by the visitors of the dargah, but still used as a dump bin.