Ahmedabad: Perforated window from Shah Alam's tomb. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Illustration of perforated window from Shah Alam's Tomb at Ahmadabad in Gujarat. Shah Alam's tomb was built in 1485 by Taj Khan Nariali, a noble in the court of Sultan Mahmud Begarda (r.1459-1511). The tomb, or dargah, is one of a complex of buildings, including a mosque and the Jamaat Khana, or ...
Ahmadabad: Window to left of Entrance to the tomb of Shah Alam. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Illustration of window located left of the entrance from Shah Alam's Tomb at Ahmadabad in Gujarat. Shah Alam's tomb was built in 1485 by Taj Khan Nariali, a noble in the court of Sultan Mahmud Begarda (r.1459-1511). The tomb, or dargah, is one of a complex of buildings, including a mosque and the...
Ahmedabad: Marble slab in the floor of the tomb of Mai Alam in the Shah Alam group. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Pen-and-ink drawing of a marble slab in the floor of the tomb of Mai Alam in the Shah Alam complex at Ahmadabad by an anonymous artist dating to between 1884 and 1886. This image is from the Burgess collection, an album of 49 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, sculpture and architectural de...
Ahmadabad: Tomb in front of Darwish Ali's mosque (top), Moulding under the arch in the entrance of Miyan Khan Chishti's mosque (bottom). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Illustration of moulding at bottom from Miyan Khan Chishti's Mosque at Ahmadabad in Gujarat. The mosque was built in 1465 by Malik Makhsud Wazir for the Chishti Shaikh Miyan Khan. The style of the mosque combines both Hindu and Muslim elements. A number of small domes surround the three main dome...
Darvish Alis mosque and tomb (left); Qazir Mosque Ali Khan Qazi (top right); Plan of tombs N and E from Qazir mosque (bottom right). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Plan of the Darvish Ali mosque near Ahmadabad, in Gujarat. The Darvish Ali mosque, also referred to as the Khonja Bibi mosque, has an inscription dating the building to 1504. This small mosque consists of an interior extending to 37 feet in length and utilizes four key pillars to support a roof c...
Darvish Ali [Mosque]. Draughtsman: Pacheco, S.J. (fl. 1875)
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Plan of the Darvish Ali mosque near Ahmadabad, in Gujarat. The Darvish Ali mosque, also referred to as the Khonja Bibi mosque, has an inscription dating the building to 1504. This small mosque consists of an interior extending to 37 feet in length and utilizes four key pillars to support a roof c...
Ahmadabad: Mehrab from Mahomed Ghans mosque (left), Darvish Alis Mosque, buttress on the back (right). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Illustration of a buttress at the Darvish Ali mosque near Ahmadabad, in Gujarat. The Darvish Ali mosque, also referred to as the Khonja Bibi mosque, has an inscription dating the building to 1504. This small mosque consists of an interior extending to 37 feet in length and utilizes four key pilla...
Ahmadabad: Section of the Queen's mosque in Sarangpur. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Sectional illustration of the Queen's mosque at Sarangpur near Ahmadabad in Gujarat. The Queen's mosque, also known as the Malik Sarang mosque or Rani Mosque was built c.1530 by Malik Quivam ul Mulk, the governor of Ahmadabad in the 1520s and a nobleman at the court of Sultan Muzaffar Shah (r.151...
