On a visit to the majestic Humayun’s Tomb, it is easy to miss the countless big and small, in-ruins and well-preserved monuments in the complex. But for the ardent explorer, the premises can throw up many gems – one of them is the tomb of Isa Khan Niyazi, which even precedes the monument that the complex is best known for by several years. “This is the result of a compromise between the style of preservation of the Archaeological Survey of India and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (which works towards preservation of such cultural heritage). The main entry, and the chhatris on top, have been fully restored in the way they would have looked when they were built, this is the Aga Khan touch. The other seven faces have been preserved according to ASI’s brief that the monument be preserved in the condition it was found in,” says author and filmmaker Sohail Hashmi. “Of the series of monuments in this area (such as Rahim’s Tomb, Humayun’s Tomb, and all the mausoleums in Sundar Nursery), this is also the first to be built.”