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WD2223(21)
- Record Id:
- 041-004061160
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003280691
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100136285986.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100161699572.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WD2223(21)
- Title:
- Ahmadabad: Mosque at Madressa of Hidayat Bakhsh. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916)
- Scope & Content:
- 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, stled Shaikh-al-Islam Khan, the Sadr-subhah of Ahmadabad, who built the madrasa and masjid at an expenditure of 1,24,000 rupees and whose marble tomb stands in the court. The mosque. .is built of stone and brick. .with five bays in length having lofty Saracenic arches in the façade. The roof has three domes of the usual form over the central aisle, whilst the other squares have coved roofs. .The mosque stands in a large court surrounded by arched rooms intended for the residence of the madrasa students - but they are now much dilapidated and are occupied by Marwadi dyers, who ply their occupation in the court."
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003280691
040-004061141
041-004061160 - 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…
WD2223 : Album of 47 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, sculpture and architectural details from monuments and sites in Ahmadabad and…
WD2223(21) : Ahmadabad: Mosque at Madressa of Hidayat Bakhsh. Surveyor: Burgess, James (1832-1916) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003280691[0110]/040-004061141[0019]/041-004061160
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WD2210-1565
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100161699572.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Styles:
- Western India/Bombay style
Western Indian style - Start Date:
- 1884
- End Date:
- 1886
- Date Range:
- 1884-86
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Pen and ink on paper
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)