This document provides information about the Mughal emperor Humayun. It discusses his reign from 1530 to 1540 and again from 1555 to 1556. It describes some of his architectural contributions, including the Kachpura Mosque in Agra and structures within his capital complex in Delhi called Din Panah, including the Talaqi Darwaza, Bara Darwaza, and Humayun Darwaza gates. It also provides details about Humayun's tomb in Delhi, the first example of Mughal architecture, commissioned by his wife Haji Begum after his death in 1556.

1. HUMAYUN
A MUGHAL EMPEROR
PRESENTATION BY
MOHAMED LAFIR
ARCHITECTURE STUDENT
MAMSA

2. HISTORY AND BIO
 NAME : HUMAYUN NASIR UD DIN
MUHAMMAD
 BIRTH : 6 MARCH 1508
 DEATH :27 JAN 1556
 REIGN : 1530-1540 AND 1555-1556
 CONTRIBUTIONS : KACHPURA
MOSQUE, TALAQI DARWAZA,
BARA DARWAZA, HUMAYUN
DARWAZA

3. REIGN AND WARS
 REVOLT OF THEIR BROTHERS AGAINST HIM
 RIVAL KINGS : SHER SHAH SURI, SULTAN
BAHADUR
 DEFEATED IN 1540 BY SHER SHAH SURI
 WITH THE AID OF SAFAVID DYNASTY OF
PERSIA THE MUGHALS RECONQUERED THEIR
KINGDOM BACK UNDER HUMAYUN IN 1555

4. KACHPURA MOSQUE
 IN THE VILLAGE OF KACHPURA IN AGRA ON
THE LEFT BANK OF RIVER YAMUNA
 IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1530
 A BEAUTIFUL FIVE ARCHED STRUCTURE WITH
A HIGH IWAN WHICH CONCEALS THE DOME
ON TOP
 DOME IS SUPPORTED ON KITE SHAPED
PENDENTIVES AND NET SQUINCHES
 FAÇADE WAS ONCE ADORNED WITH GLAZED
TILES

6. KACHPURA MOSQUE
 IT IS THE COPY OF TIMURID STYLE MOSQUE
 BUILT OF BRICKS AND PLASTERED WITH
MORTAR
 USAGE OF DECORATIVE PATTERNS ARE RARE
 IN GENERAL PLAN, IT RESEMBLES BABUR
PANIPUT MOSQUE

7. DIN PANAH
 BUILT IN 1533, DELHI
 MASSIVE STONE BASTIONS GUARD THE
WESTERN ENTRANCE
 IT HAS AN ARCHED DOORWAY, DWARFED BY
ITS THICK FORTY FEET HIGH WALLS
 THERE ARE THREE GATES: NORTH TALAQI
GATE, WEST BARA GATE AND SOUTH
HUMAYUN GATE

8. DIN PANAH

9. TALAQI DARWAZA
 TALAQI WAS A THREE STOREY ROUND IN THE
FORM OF THE GATE WITH THE DEFENSIVE
WALLS
 WITH HISTORICAL LONG DOOR
 SIDES OF THE GATE DECORATED WITH LOTUS
BUDS
 MAINLY THE GATE WAS DECORATED WITHRED
SANDSTONE ARCH OVER THE CORNER
WALLS
 WHITE MARBLE, RED SANSTONE, BLACK
STONE, AND COLOURED MARBLES WERE
USED

10. TALAQI DARWAZA
 BEAUTY OF THE GATE LIES IN THE ERECTED
STATUE OF LION MADE OF WHITE MARBLE AT
THE TOP OF THE GATE
 A GLANCE INTO THE LION SYMBOL ABSTRACT
ANIMAL RESEMBLING THE SHAPE OF HORSE
 CONSTRUCTION OF THIS GATE WAS NOT
DONE SHER SHAH BUT BY HUMAYUN AND
COMPLETED IN1534

11. BARA DARWAZA
 WESTERN GATE OF DIN PANAH
 BUILT WITH RED SANDSTONE IN A SIMPLER
MANNER
 TOP OF THE GATE IS DECORATED WITH
COLORFUL PATTERNS
 THE GATE IS COVERED WITH WHITE MARBLE
 CORNERS ARE ARTICULATED WITH LOTUS
BUDS
 BLACK STONE WAS USED FOR DECORATION
 FLORAL PATTERNS ARE MADE WITH BLACK
STONE AS DECORATION

12. HUMAYUN DARWAZA
 SOUTHERN GATE OF DIN PANAH
 COMBINED STYLE OF ABOVE TWO GATES
 INSIDE THE GATE IT CONSISTS OF THREE
FLOORS, EACH FLOOR WITH LIVING ROOM,
HALL, CORRIDOR, AND STAIRS CONNECTING
THEM
 WALL IS MADE OF CRUSHED STONES
 FINE ART WORK IS OBSERVED HERE

13. HUMAYUN’S TOMB
 ONE OF THE EARLIEST EXAMPLES OF
MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE
 CONSTRUCTED BY HIS WIFE HAJI BEGUM,
LATER 1556
 SITUATED AT THE SOUTH OF THE PURANA
QILA, EASTERN DELHI
 SET IN THE CENTER OF THE GARDEN IN THE
CLASSICAL MUGHAL CHAR BAGH GARDEN
 A HIGH WALL SURROUNDS THE GARDEN ON
THREE SIDES
 THE GARDEN IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS
BY BISECTING WATER CHANNELS

14. HUMAYUN’S TOMB

15. HUMAYUN’S TOMB

16. HUMAYUN’S TOMB

17. HUMAYUN’S TOMB

18. HUMAYUN’S TOMB
 REASON FOR THE SELECTION OF THIS SITE
WAS ONCE EXISTED RESIDENCE OF HAZRAT
NIZAMMUDDIN AULIYA
 EASY AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS ,
ARTESIANS AND SKILLED LABOURS ARE ALSO
THE REASON FOR SELECTION OF THIS SITE
 IT IS CLOSE TO THE RIVER YAMUNA

19. HUMAYUN’ S TOMB
 IT IS A THREE TIERED QUADRANGULAR
STRUCTURE HAVING STEPS ON ALL SIDES
AND CIRCULAR DOME ABOVE THE THIRD
PLINTH
 IT IS A SQUARE NINEFOLD PLAN
 EIGHT TWO STOREYED VAULTED CHAMBERS
RADIATE FROM THE CENTRAL, DOUBLE
HEIGHT, DOMED CHAMBER
 THE SYMMETRICAL GROUND PLAN CONTAINS
124 VAULTED CHAMBERS

20. HUMAYUN’S TOMB
 THE CENTRAL OCTAGONAL SPACE HAS THE
CENOTAPH OF HUMAYUN
 ARCHED LOBBIES ON THEIR SIDES
 OPENINGS ARE CLOSED WITH PERFORATED
SCREENS
 CENTRAL HALL HAS EIGHT ALCOVES ONE ON
EITHER SIDE
 DIVIDED INTO TWO STOREYED ELEVATION

21. HUMAYUN’ TOMB
 THE THIRD STOREY
ABOVE THEM HAS JALI
OPENINGS
 THREE EMPHATIC
ARCHES DOMINATE ON
EACH SIDE
 ROOF SURMOUNTED BY
A 42.5 M HIGH DOUBLE
DOME WITH MARBLE
 PILLARED KIOSKS ARE
PLACED AROUND IT

22. HUMAYUN’S TOMB
 DOUBLE LAYERED DOME
 OUTER LAYER SUPPORTS THE WHITE
MARBLE EXTERIOR FACING
 THE TOP OF ITS DOME REACHES 140 FEET
FROM THE GROUND
 THIS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IS KNOWN AS
HASHT BIHISHT(EIGHT PARADISE) AND IS A
TYPICAL OF IRANIAN BUILDINGS FROM THE
TIME OF TIMUR THE LAME

23. HUMAYUN’S TOMB
 SARCOPHAGUS OF
HUMAYUN IS IN THE
CENTRAL DOMED
CHAMBER
 HEAD POINTING
NORTH-WEST
FACING ACCORDING
TO ISLAMIC
PRACTISE
 BLACK MARBLE IS
USED TO RELIEVE
MONOTONY

24. HUMAYUN’S TOMB
 WESTERN GATEWAY IS
16M HIGH
 ROOMS ON EACH SIDE
FLANK THE CENTRAL
PASSAGE
 UPPER FLOOR HAS SMALL
COURTYARD
 EACH SIDE IS CROWNED
BY A SQUARE CHATRI
COMPOSED OF JALIED
BALUSTRADE, SLENDER
PILLAR, WHITE MARBLE
CUPOLA

25. HUMAYUN’S TOMB
 SOUTHERN GATE IS
DOUBLE STOREYED
 LOCAL QUARTZITE WITH
RED SANDSTONE IS
USED
 WHITE MARBLE IS USED
ON ALL PROMINENT
OUTLINE
 A SCREEN OF ARCHES
ATTACHED THE
GATEWAY ON EITHER
SIDE AT AN INCLINED
ANGLE

26. HUMAYUN’S TOMB

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