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Photo 1002/33(1781)

Record Id:

041-003135532

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003133616

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026192681.0x000b04

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 1002/33(1781)

Title:

General view of Allah Babu's Mosque and Tomb, Bijapur. Photographer: Cousens, Henry

Scope & Content:

Genre: Architectural Photography

Reproduced in Henry Cousens, 'Bijapur and its architectural remains' (A.S.I., Imperial series, vol. XXXVII, Bombay, 1916), pl. cvi (b), and described p. 116: 'A group of small buildings, which goes by the name of Allah Babu's Mosque and Tomb, not far to the south-west of the Gol Gumbaz, shews how debased the style had become by the end of the Adil Shahi period. Placed upon a very high basement, under which is a series of burial vaults, these little buildings are more conspicuous than interesting from any historical associations...They are badly built of rubble and plaster, and consist of a small square tomb pavilion and a mosque. What is most noticeable is the very stilted, narrow-necked domes. The dome has, practically, parted company with the ceiling and roof...It is a mere ornamental excrescence upon the roof...As the tomb pavilion stands in front of the addition to the north end of the mosque, which is, in fact, and older and very much more roughly-built mosque, it is possible that the grave was, at first, without shelter, in the open, beside which this old mosque was built. Subsequently, the pavilion was built over it, together with the newer mosque to match, the older one just being allowed to remain...'

Subjects = Indian architecture

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003133616
040-003135496
041-003135532

Is part of:

Photo 1002 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series. Photographer(s): Joseph Daviditch Melik Beglar, Shepherd and…
Photo 1002/33 : Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series (volume 33, nos. 1746-1806: Bombay). Photographer(s): Cousens, Henry

Photo 1002/33(1781) : General view of Allah Babu's Mosque and Tomb, Bijapur. Photographer: Cousens, Henry

Hierarchy:

032-003133616[0033]/040-003135496[0036]/041-003135532

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1002

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

Not applicable

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Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1880

End Date:

1889

Date Range:

1880s

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