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