Ten km east of the city, on a hill between 700–800 feet above the city lev­el and on the left of the Ahmed­­na­­gar-Shev­­gaon road stands the tomb of the Nizamshahi Min­is­ter, Sal­a­bat Khan II, com­mon­ly (and mis­tak­en­ly) known as Chand Bibi’s Mahal. It is an octag­o­nal dome sur­round­ed by a three storeyed veran­da. From the sum­mit a fine view can be obtained of the sur­round­ing coun­try­side. Sal­a­bat Khan II, the famous min­is­ter of the fourth Nizam shah, Mur­taza who ascend­ed the throne in 1565. A great states­man, Sal­a­bat Khan was appoint­ed min­is­ter in 1579, after the half-mad Mur­taza put to death his regent, Changiz Khan,in a fit of sus­pi­cion and rage. Sal­a­bat Khan was respect­ed and loved by the peo­ple of Ahmed­na­gar.