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WD2220

Record Id:

040-003280702

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003280691

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x002b69

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

WD2220

Title:

Album of 57 drawings of plans, elevations, sections and architectural details from Muslim monuments in Ahmadabad and its neighbourhood. c.1884-1886. Prepared mainly by Indian draftsmen under the supervision of James Burgess

Scope & Content:

57 drawings (62 folios) of plans, elevations, sections and architectural details from Muslim monuments in Ahmadabad and its neighbourhood: Ahmad Shah's mosque (8); Muhafiz Khan's mosque; Haibat Khan's mosque (3); Dada Hari's tomb (1); Mata Bhavani's well (1); Sayyid ‘Alam's mosque (5); Tin Darwaza (3); Baba Lului's mosque (1); Malik ‘Alam's mosque (2); Jami‘ Masjid (8); Ahmad Shah's tomb (3); tombs of the Queens (6); Sidi Sayyid's mosque (4); Qutb-ud-din Shah's mosque (4); Sarkhej buildings (8). c.1884-86.

f.1 stencilled: ‘Original Drawings. Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad by Burgess & Cousens. Vol. I Part I. Archaeological Survey of Western India. vol. VII. New Imperial Series. vol. XXIV. 1900.’

Inscribed with titles in ink or pencil and some signed by Sitaram Dinkar.

Pen-and-ink; size of volume 27.5 by 21.5 ins.

Deposited c.1886.

Note: Most of these drawings are reproduced in J.Burgess, ‘The Muhammmadan architecture ofAhmadabad, part I, A.D. 1412 to 1520. New Imperial Series XXIV’ (London, 1900), and J. Burgess, ‘The Muhammadan architecture of Ahmadabad, part II, with Muslim and Hindu remains in the vicinity. New Imperial Series XXXIII’ (London, 1905).

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003280691
040-003280702

Is part of:

WD2210-1565 : BURGESS COLLECTION James Burgess (1832-1916): in India 1855-89. Archaeological Surveyor and Reporter for Western India 1874-80, with…

WD2220 : Album of 57 drawings of plans, elevations, sections and architectural details from Muslim monuments in Ahmadabad and its…

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Hierarchy:

032-003280691[0011]/040-003280702

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 Item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

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Styles:

Western India/Bombay style
Western Indian style

Start Date:

1883

End Date:

1886

Date Range:

c 1884-1886

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: pen-and-ink

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Architecture
Maps and plans
Monuments and Memorials
Mosques
Tombs

Places:

Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India