Zanana Rauza or women's tomb is accessible through a
beautiful gateway situated between the dargah of Sheikh Salim Chisti and
Jamat Khana. This gateway is elegantly adorned with bands of red
sandstone and marble and the central arch of its gateway has a square
opening. Inlaid arched panels of red sandstone and marble adorn this
gateway and floral designs frame the opening. Beautiful kiosks, turrets
and merlons crown it. The interiors consist of a dark suite enshrining
graves of the women of Sheikh Salim's family and were originally a part
of northern cloister of the Jami Mosque.
Before the conversion of this part of the building into the women'd
graveyard, it was connected to Salim Chishti's house via an underground
pathway through which the women of Sheikh Salim's family could visit and
listen to him during his religious discourses while maintaining their
privacy. The two oblong chambers of the building are divided into
sections and subsections with the help of elaborately carved stone
screens, designed in geometrical patterns, that contain graves of
several ladies of the household including one Bibi Mattu Lanbiri.
Zanana Rauza at Fatehpur Sikri is situated near
Salim Chisti tomb.