Ahmadabad: Niches in the Shahpur Mosque. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Folio 10. Illustration of niches from the mosque of Shaikh Hasan Muhammad Chishti located in Shahpur, north of Ahmadabad. Shaikh Hasan Muhammad Chishti (d.1574), of the Shahpur Qazi religious order, built the mosque in 1565-66 for his followers. This small mosque's interior dimensions measure 59 ...
Perforated Window Per Muhammad's Mosque. Mihrab in Shah Aliji's Mosque. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Folio 11. Pen-and-ink drawing of a perforated window in Pir Muhammad's Mosque with plan, section and elevation of a 'mihrab' or prayer niche in Shah Aliji's Mosque at Ahmadabad in Gujarat, by an anonymous draughtsman and dating to between 1884 and 1886. This image is from the Burgess collection, ...
Ahmadabad Plan of the Mosque of Mahomed Ghous. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Folio 12. Plan of the Mosque of Muhammad Ghaus Gwaliari, at Ahmadabad in Gujarat. This mosque was built in c.1565 by the saint Shaikh Muhammad Ghauthu'l Alam of Gwalior. The interior is divided into squares by two rows of pillars connected by arches with carved pendentives, which support the almo...
[Section] of Mahomed Ghous Mosque Ahmadabad. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Folio 13. Sectional illustration of the Mosque of Muhammad Ghaus Gwaliari, at Ahmadabad in Gujarat. This mosque was built in c.1565 by the saint Shaikh Muhammad Ghauthu'l Alam of Gwalior. The interior is divided into squares by two rows of pillars connected by arches with carved pendentives, whic...
Baba Laulvis Mosque. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Folio 14. Illustration of Baba Lului's mosque at Behrampur, located south-west of Ahmadabad in Gujarat. The Bab Lului mosque, was built c.1565 and shows similarities with the mosque of Shaikh Hasan Muhammad Chishti. Baba Lului, also known as Baba Muhammad Jafar, is believed to be a pearl merchant...
Azim Khan's Palace. Ahmadabad. (The Jail). Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Folio 15v-16. Pen-and-ink plan of Azam Khan's palace at Ahmadabad, Gujarat, by an anonymous draughtsman between 1884 and 1886. This image is from the Burgess collection, an album of 49 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, sculpture and architectural details of Muhammadan monuments in Ahmadaba...
Azim Khan's Palace. Ahmadabad. The Jail.. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Folio 17v-18. Pen-and-ink plan of Azam Khan's palace at Ahmadabad, Gujarat, by an anonymous draughtsman between 1884 and 1886. This image is from the Burgess collection, an album of 49 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, sculpture and architectural details of Muslim monuments in Ahmadabad an...
Tomb near the Vazir's Mosque [Ahmadabad]. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Folio 19. Pen-and-ink drawing of a tomb near the Vazir's Mosque at Ahmadabad in Gujarat, by an anonymous draughtsman, 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 details of Muslim m...
Ahmadabad. Nawab Shuja'at Khan's Mosque and tomb. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Folio 20. Plan of Nawab Shujat Khan's Mosque and tomb at Ahmadabad in Gujarat.There is an inscription on the qibla wall that gives the date 1695. The facade has five pointed arches leading into five bays divided by piers. There are two slender octagonal minarets and three bulbous domes....
Ahmadabad: Mosque at Madressa of Hidayat Bakhsh. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
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Folio 21. Plan of Hidayat Baksh Madrasa Mosque at Ahmadabad in Gujarat. "The Ahmadabad Qazi's mosque is a very small stone building of the beginning of the eighteenth century. It has an inscription giving the date. The Hidayat Bakhsh Mosque was built about A.D. 1699 by Muhammad Akram-ad-din,...
