It was Nawab M. Ismail Khan’s Grandfather, Nawab Mustafa Khan Shefta, who had earmarked an area at the shrine of Hazrat Niazmuddun for the family graveyard.
Hazrat Nizamuddin | Nizamuddin West | Nizamuddin Dargah | Nizamuddin Auliya | Nizamuddin East |
This upscale locality is named after 13th century Sufi saint, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, whose dargah is situated within the area.
Shah Muntajab ud din, surnamed Zar Zari Zar Baksh, meaning "generous", was one of the earliest of the Chishtias, and was sent to the Dakhan by Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, in the beginning of the 8th century Hijri.