General view looking westwards across the courtyard of the Jami Masjid towards the prayer hall, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Genre: Architectural Photography With the tombs of Shaikh Salim Chishti and Islam Khan at the right and the prayer hall of the Jami Masjid at the left. Bloch's list incorrectly identifies this last as the Buland Darwaza.
Interior view looking north to south through the liwan of the Jami Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Genre: Architectural Photography View through an enfilade of arches, towards figures at prayer. Reproduced in photogravure in E.W. Smith, 'The Moghul architecture of Fathpur-Sikri' (4 vols, Allahabad, 1894-98), vol 4, pl. 49.
Close view of the prayer niche in the Adina Masjid, Pandua. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography Closer view of the mihrab (prayer niche) in the qibla wall of the mosque also seen in print 132. Print in poor condition. Duplicate of Photo 1002 (133).
Close view of the great wooden horse-shoe door of the Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Genre: Architectural Photography Head-on view of the massive doorway in the Buland Darwaza. It takes its name not from its shape but from the many horse-shoes nailed to it for luck. Reproduced in photogravure in E.W. Smith, 'The Moghul architecture of Fathpur-Sikri' (4 vols, Allahabad, 1894-98)...
Northern façade of the Bara Sona or Golden Mosque, also known as the Baradarwazi, Gaur. Photographer: Beglar, Joseph Daviditch Melik
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Genre: Architectural Photography 'List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal' (Calcutta, 1896), pp. 440-441: 'This was built by Nazrat Shah in 932 Hijri, and is the remains of a fine stone building. A slate which formed part of the base of one of several carved arches is detached. Many of these arches...
Exterior view of colonnade of north wing of the liwan of the Jami Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Genre: Architectural Photography Screen of cusped arches of the north piazza. Reproduced in photogravure in E.W. Smith, 'The Moghul architecture of Fathpur-Sikri' (4 vols, Allahabad, 1894-98), vol 4, pl. 18.
View of corbelling supporting the domes in chapels in the liwan of the Jami Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the corbelling in one of the four corners of the of one of the side chapels. Reproduced in photogravure in E.W. Smith, 'The Moghul architecture of Fathpur-Sikri' (4 vols, Allahabad, 1894-98), vol 4, pl. 16.