Tuesday, October 14, 2025
MONSIEUR RAYMOND’S OBELISK

MONSIEUR RAYMOND’S OBELISK

A tapering, four-sided shaft of stone having a pyramidal apex, Monsieur Raymond’s tomb resides on the top of a small hillock in
Saroor Nagar. Made of polished black granite, it is 23 feet high and stands on a masonry platform 180 feet long and 80 feet wide.

On the tomb are the simple initials “J.R.”

This is the resting place of Michel Joachim Marie Raymond, French adventurer, military commander and the Nizam’s confidant.

He came to be revered as a Saint by Hindus “Musa Ram”, and Muslims “Musa Rahim”, alike.

He died when he was only 42.

About 25 feet away is a flat-roofed building, supported by 28 pillars and forming a shrine like a Grecian Temple. A mysterious
grave is close by with inscriptions of Anne Elizabeth Jenkins dying at the age of 21 years and 6 months on November 26, 1809.

But nothing is known of this lady

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