Baba Lului's mosque (left), Plan of Malik Alam's mosque (right). Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 25. Illustration of Baba Lului's mosque at Behrampur, located south-west of Ahmadabad in Gujarat from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' The Bab Lului mosque, was built c.1565 and shows similarities with the mosque of Shaikh Hasan Muhammad Chishti....
Malik Alam mosque. Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 26. Illustration of the Masjid of Malik Alam near Ahmadabad in Gujarat from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' Malik Alam's Masjid is located near Shah Alam's tomb, in southern Ahmadabad, in a village called Dani Limdi. James Burgess, writing in 19...
Folio 29. The Jami Masjid at Ahmadabad, Gujarat, was built by Sultan Ahmad Shah (r.1411-42) who founded the city of Ahmadabad in 1411 and was responsible for the construction of several buildings and mosques. The Jami Masjid, built c.1424, was constructed as the principal Friday mosque in the cen...
Panels from the Jama mosque. Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 30. Illustration of decorative panels from the Jami Masjid 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 Ahmadabad in 1411 and was responsible for t...
Spiral ceiling from Rajapur mosque (left), Mihrab in ladies gallery, Jami mosque (right). Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 31. Illustrations of a spiral ceiling from Rajapur mosque (left) and the mihrab in ladies gallery from the Jami Masjid (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)...
Panel in ceiling Ladies gallery, Jami masjid. Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 32. Illustration of a panel in ceiling from the Ladies gallery at the Jami Masjid 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 Ahmadabad in 1411 an...
Pillar from Jama mosque. Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 33. Illustration of a pillar from the Jama Masjid 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 Ahmadabad in 1411 and was responsible for the constr...
Spiral dome in Jami mosque. Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 34. Illustration of a spiral dome at the Jami Masjid 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 Ahmadabad in 1411 and was responsible for the con...
Pillars from Jama Masjid (left), Ahmed Shah's tomb (centre), Ahmad Shah's Queen's tomb (right). Surveyor(s): James Burgess (1832-1916).
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Folio 35. Pen-and-ink drawing of pillars from the Jami Masjid (left), Ahmad Shah's tomb (centre) and Ahmad Shah's Queen's tomb (right) in 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, elevat...
