Delhi's graveyards are intertwined with its history, including the anonymous graves of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar's wives in Nizamuddin Basti. Today, these graves bear no inscriptions, but per the aforementioned authors, they mark the resting places of Zafar’s wives Begum Ashraf Mahal, Begum Akhtar Mahal, and Begum Taj Mahal. Explaining the logic of their burial in this area, Ratish Nanda of Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), who authored a two-volume catalogue of more than a thousand Delhi monuments, explains that Chausath Khamba, a tomb built during 1623–24, happens to be close to the dargah of mystic Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, the shrine venerated by the Mughals all through their rule.