Ahmad Shah's mosque. Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 5. Plan of Ahmad Shah's mosque in Ahmadabad, Gujarat from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' Sultan Ahmad Shah (r.1411-42) founded the city of Ahmadabad in 1411 and was responsible for the construction of several buildings and mosques. His Ahmad Sh...
Pulpit in Ahmad Shah's mosque. Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 6. Pulpit in Ahmad Shah's mosque in Ahmadabad, Gujarat from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' Sultan Ahmad Shah (r.1411-42) founded the city of Ahmadabad in 1411 and was responsible for the construction of several buildings and mosques. His Ahmad ...
Left front dome in Ahmad Shah's mosque. Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 7. Illustration of left front dome in Ahmad Shah's mosque in Ahmadabad, Gujarat from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' Sultan Ahmad Shah (r.1411-42) founded the city of Ahmadabad in 1411 and was responsible for the construction of several building...
Pillar in the Jama mosque (left), Pillar in Ahmed Shah's mosque (right). Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 8. Illustrations of a pillar from Jami Masjid (left) and a pillar in Ahmed Shah's mosque (right) from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' The Jami Masjid at Ahmadabad, Gujarat, was built by Sultan Ahmad Shah (r.1411-42) who founded the city of Ahmad...
Pillars in Ahmad Shah's mosque. Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 9. Illustration of pillars in Ahmad Shah's mosque in Ahmadabad, Gujarat from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' Sultan Ahmad Shah (r.1411-42) founded the city of Ahmadabad in 1411 and was responsible for the construction of several buildings and mo...
Muhafiz Khan's mosque details (left, top and bottom), Ahmad Shah's Mosque detail (right). Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 10. Ahmad Shah mosque, also known as the Chhoti Jumna Mosque, was built in Ahmadabad's citadel and completed in 1414. An Arabic inscription over the central mihrab records that the mosque was built by Ahmad Shah in 1414. The ground plan of the Ahmad Shah mosque is based on the Jami Masjid i...
Panel in the screen round the zenana gallery in Ahmad Shah's mosque. Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 11. Panel in the screen round the zenana gallery in Ahmad Shah's mosque in Ahmadabad, Gujarat from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' Sultan Ahmad Shah (r.1411-42) founded the city of Ahmadabad in 1411 and was responsible for the construction of se...
Plan of Haibat Khan's mosque. Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 12. Plan of Haibat Khan's mosque at Ahmadabad in Gujarat from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' Sultan Ahmad Shah (r.1411-42) founded the city of Ahmadabad in 1411 and was responsible for the construction of several buildings and mosques. The city...
Haibat Khan's mosque, cross section. Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 13. Cross section of Haibat Khan's mosque at Ahmadabad in Gujarat from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' Sultan Ahmad Shah (r.1411-42) founded the city of Ahmadabad in 1411 and was responsible for the construction of several buildings and mosques....
In the court wall at Achyut Bibi's mosque (left), Mihrab in Haibat Khan's mosque. Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 14. Pen-and-ink drawing taken in the court wall at Achyut Bibi's mosque (left) and a mihrab in Haibat Khan's mosque 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, sculptu...