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Archæological Survey of India (New Imperial Series) Volume XXXIII Western India. Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad

1905

Shah !Alain : the genealogy of the Bukhfiriah Sayyids ; Muhammad Sbih 'Alam ; his tomb at Rasilibid ; the endowments of the buildings squandered ; Government action ; area of the buildings; the dargih of Shah 'Alam ; others interred in it ; tomb of Maqbill 'Alam and qadami rasfil ; Mir.Abf; Tub and his qadam-i rasil ; other graves in Maqbil 'Adam's tomb ; tombs in the enclosure ; the Masjid ;- di [...] Bat Uarir's from the front of the ascent to the pavilion at the entrance on the east end to the west side of the shaft of the draw-well measures over all 2411 feet ; and from the first step of the descent towards the well to the same point 215k feet. [...] In the walls of the first gallery between the pilasters are three niches or panels on each side ; the central ones contain the inscriptions abteady mentioned and the others are filled with tracery in the florid style of the similar niches in the minarets of the mosques but these have higher pediments. [...] The well at the west extremity is worked by one of the Gosvami Maharajas of the notorious Vallabhacharya sect for the irrigation of his land joining on the north of the way the water being raised. in the usual way—in a skin which is drawn up by bullocks by means of ropes passing over an axle. [...] A comparison of the plans of the mosques just mentioned' shows that the stairs leading up behind the minarets were managed in the same way in all three ; the design of the façade bears analogy to that of the Raj apur Mas j id as well as to that of Miyati Khan Chi shtl's ; the turrets though plainer in the octagonal portions are treated somewhat like those of Bibi Achut Kuki's ; and the resemblan

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Frontmatter
i-xii Jas Burgess view
Chapter I. Mata Bhavani’s Step-Well
1-3 Jas Burgess view
Chapter II. Bai Harir’s Wav Mosque and Tomb
4-9 Jas Burgess view
Chapter III. The Adalaj Wav or Step-Well and Others
10-iii Jas Burgess view
Chapter IV. Shah Alam
15-23 Jas Burgess view
Chapter V. Sidi Bashir’s Mosque Minars at the Railway Station and Darvesh ‘Alt’s Mosque and Rauza
24-27 Jas Burgess view
Chapter VI. Sarangpur Masjid
28-31 Jas Burgess view
Chapter VII. The Rani Rupavati Masjid and Tomb in Mirzapur Known as the Queen’s Mosque
32-35 Jas Burgess view
Chapter VIII. Fath Masjid; Gumti Kochrab and Ibrahim Sayyid’s Masjids
36-39 Jas Burgess view
Chapter IX. Isanpur Masjid and Rauza; Shah ‘Aliji Kamdhani’s ‘Alif Khan’s Masjids &c
40-43 Jas Burgess view
Chapter X. Qutb al Auliya Shaikh Hasan Muhammad Chishtps Masjid in Shahpur and Baba Lului’s Masjid in Behrampur
44-47 Jas Burgess view
Chapter XI. Mosque of Muhammad Ghaus Gwaliari; and Tomb of Abu Turab
48-52 Jas Burgess view
Chapter XII. Tomb of Wajih-Ad-Din; ‘Ali Khan’s or Chhota Idrus Mosque and Shah ‘Ali Razzak’s Rauza
53-56 Jas Burgess view
Chapter XIII. Shah-I-Bagh and ‘zim Khan’s Palace Now the Jail
57-60 Jas Burgess view
Chapter XIV. Mosque and Tomb of Shujnat Khan and Hidayat Bakhesh Madrasa
61-63 Jas Burgess view
Chapter XV. Other Mosques and Tombs in the City
64-77 Jas Burgess view
Chapter XVI. Muhammadan Mosques and Tombs in the Suburbs &c
78-83 Jas Burgess view
Chapter XVII. Hindu Ahmadabad
84-90 Jas Burgess view
Chapter XVIII. Viramgam and Mandal; Kapadvanj and Sarnal
91-lxxiii Jas Burgess view
Index
97-109 Jas Burgess view
Backmatter
i-iv Jas Burgess view

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