dargah

plural dargahs · alternative durgah · alternative durgaw

1. South AsiaIslamA shrine associated with the grave of a Muslim saint or similar religious figure.

   But beyond the dargah, and the medieval warren in which it sits, north India's present-day politics can be a good deal less accommodating of religious diversity.

   2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 86

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   If not for the fakir's dargah the village might well have melted back into the mud, its inhabitants not being the kind of people to tarry long in one place […].

   2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 61

   Synonyms: maqam