1) Khirki Mosque was built in the 14th century by Khan-i-Jahan Junan Shah, the Prime Minister of Feroz Shah Tughlaq of the Tughlaq Dynasty.
2) It has a 52m x 52m square plan with four open courtyards surrounded by arcades and 81 small domes that provide light and ventilation.
3) Considered one of the finest architectural compositions of the Sultanate period, it marks the transition from the Lodhi period architecture to the Mughal period.
TOMB OF SIKANDER LODHI | MAUSOLEUM OF SIKANDER LODImanoj chauhan
MAUSOLEUM OF SIKANDER LODI
The lodhi dynasty (or lodhi) was An afghan dynasty that ruled
The delhi sultanate from 1451 to 1526.
It was the last dynasty of The delhi sultanate and was founded by bahlul khan
Lodi when he replaced Dynasty.
Indo-Islamic architecture is the use of Hindu and Islamic elements in combination.
The trend begun when Hindu artisans were forced to create Islamic structures for the Delhi Sultans who having arrived in India on conquest and plunder lacked artisans and architects.
Under later dynasties, Islamic immigrants trickling into the realm (and in greater numbers during the Mongol invasion of the Middle East) added to the talent pool with newer ideas and authentic Middle Eastern styles.
The mix of styles and use of elements gradually evolved overtime reaching its pinnacle under the Mughals.
The mausoleum of Sikandar Lodi is taken to be the first of the garden mausoleums built in the sub continent.
Inspired in parts by Muhammad Shah’s Mausoleum situated a little distance away, its most visibly distinguishing feature is its octagonal plan and garden inside.
Out of the two types of tombs constructed during the period, the octagonal design appear to be associated with royalty than the more numerous square type.
The tomb was an innovation in mausoleum complexes built during the reign of the Delhi Sultanates.
Enclosed within a raised fortified complex, with two dome shaped Chattris (umbrella shaped domes) at the main entrance, the octagonal mausoleum sits in the middle of a large garden.
The housing space is ringed by a wide veranda with lightly carved pillars placed at measured intervals.
Crowning the head of the mausoleum is a single dome with a lotus finial at the top. The interior is ornamented with tiles beneath which is a single tomb.
The compound outside has an open air mosque built into the western wall with a paved platform for holy men to offer prayers for the soul of the sultan.
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This is a class lecture on Islamic Architecture in India. Architecture of Slave Dynasty has covered in this lecture.
Course Title: Architectural Heritage-IV
Architecture Discipline,
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This is a class lecture on Islamic Architecture in India. Architecture of Tughlaq Dynasty has covered in this lecture.
Course Title: Architectural Heritage-IV
Architecture Discipline,
Khulna University, Khulna
Lecture 02: Islamic Architecture in India_Slave DynastyKowshik Roy
This is a class lecture on Islamic Architecture in India. Architecture of Slave Dynasty has covered in this lecture.
Course Title: Architectural Heritage-IV
Architecture Discipline,
Khulna University, Khulna
Islamic Architecture in India: Imperial styleAr. TANIA BERA
The earliest appearance of Islamic architecture in India is referred to as the Imperial style. Indo-Islamic architecture may be divided into few phases starting from the twelfth century to sixteenth century. The sultanate of Delhi was undergone the regular change as five dynasties rose & fell; namely Slave dynasty, Khalji dynasty, Tughluq dynasty, Sayyid & Lodi dynasty.
TOMB OF SIKANDER LODHI | MAUSOLEUM OF SIKANDER LODImanoj chauhan
MAUSOLEUM OF SIKANDER LODI
The lodhi dynasty (or lodhi) was An afghan dynasty that ruled
The delhi sultanate from 1451 to 1526.
It was the last dynasty of The delhi sultanate and was founded by bahlul khan
Lodi when he replaced Dynasty.
Indo-Islamic architecture is the use of Hindu and Islamic elements in combination.
The trend begun when Hindu artisans were forced to create Islamic structures for the Delhi Sultans who having arrived in India on conquest and plunder lacked artisans and architects.
Under later dynasties, Islamic immigrants trickling into the realm (and in greater numbers during the Mongol invasion of the Middle East) added to the talent pool with newer ideas and authentic Middle Eastern styles.
The mix of styles and use of elements gradually evolved overtime reaching its pinnacle under the Mughals.
The mausoleum of Sikandar Lodi is taken to be the first of the garden mausoleums built in the sub continent.
Inspired in parts by Muhammad Shah’s Mausoleum situated a little distance away, its most visibly distinguishing feature is its octagonal plan and garden inside.
Out of the two types of tombs constructed during the period, the octagonal design appear to be associated with royalty than the more numerous square type.
The tomb was an innovation in mausoleum complexes built during the reign of the Delhi Sultanates.
Enclosed within a raised fortified complex, with two dome shaped Chattris (umbrella shaped domes) at the main entrance, the octagonal mausoleum sits in the middle of a large garden.
The housing space is ringed by a wide veranda with lightly carved pillars placed at measured intervals.
Crowning the head of the mausoleum is a single dome with a lotus finial at the top. The interior is ornamented with tiles beneath which is a single tomb.
The compound outside has an open air mosque built into the western wall with a paved platform for holy men to offer prayers for the soul of the sultan.
Lecture 05: Islamic Architecture in India_Slave DynastyKowshik Roy
This is a class lecture on Islamic Architecture in India. Architecture of Slave Dynasty has covered in this lecture.
Course Title: Architectural Heritage-IV
Architecture Discipline,
Khulna University, Khulna
Lecture 07: Islamic Architecture in India_Tughlaq DynastyKowshik Roy
This is a class lecture on Islamic Architecture in India. Architecture of Tughlaq Dynasty has covered in this lecture.
Course Title: Architectural Heritage-IV
Architecture Discipline,
Khulna University, Khulna
Lecture 02: Islamic Architecture in India_Slave DynastyKowshik Roy
This is a class lecture on Islamic Architecture in India. Architecture of Slave Dynasty has covered in this lecture.
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Khulna University, Khulna
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The earliest appearance of Islamic architecture in India is referred to as the Imperial style. Indo-Islamic architecture may be divided into few phases starting from the twelfth century to sixteenth century. The sultanate of Delhi was undergone the regular change as five dynasties rose & fell; namely Slave dynasty, Khalji dynasty, Tughluq dynasty, Sayyid & Lodi dynasty.
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IMPERIAL STYLE 1191 – 1557 CE
• The earliest appearance of Islamic architecture in India is referred to as the imperial style.
The style of this period is also called the early Indo-Islamic style.
• The existing buildings were converted into mosques with the elements of ruins from Hindu
temples.
“A mix of Indian and Arabic style of architecture emerged and developed into a peerless form of art and architecture.”
• Islamic Architecture - Imperial style 1: Classification of Islamic architecture in Indian, religious
and secular typologies of Islamic architecture | Examples under imperial style; slave dynasty -
Qutb Complex, Quwwat –ul-islam mosque, Qutbminar. | Khalji dynasty -Alai Darwaza at Delhi
(concept of squinch arches)
• Islamic Architecture - Imperial style 2: Tughlaq dynasty - Tomb of Ghiasuddin Tughlaq, Khirki
masjid | Sayyid dynasty – Tomb of Mubarak Sayyid | Lodi dynasty – Tomb of Sikanderlodi
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2. • Khirki Mosque, approachedfrom the Khirki Village in South Delh and close to the Satpulorr the seven arched
bridge on the edge of southern wall of Jahapanah(the fourth city of Medieval Delhi), was a mosque built by Khan-
i-JahanJunan Shah, the Prime Ministe of Feroz Shah Tughlaq(1351–1388) of the TughlaqDynasty.
• The word 'Khirki' prefixed to mosqu is an Urdu word that means “window” and hence is also called “The Mosque
of Windows”.
District SouthDelhi
Year consecrated 14th century
Status Monument
Location
Location Khirki Village,Delhi
Municipality SDMC
State Delhi
Country India
Architect(s) Khan-i-Jahan Junan Shah
Type Mosque
Style Tughluqid, Indo Islamic Architecture
Completed 1351-54
Specifications
Length 52 m (170.6 ft)
Width 52 m (170.6 ft)
Dome(s) 81
Minaret(s) Four, one each corner
Materials Rubble Masonry
3.
4.
5. ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
• The Mosque has a 52 m (170.6 ft)x52 m (170.6 ft) square plan in an area of 87 m2 (936.5 sq ft).
• It is raised on a plinthof 3 m (9.8 ft). There are four open courtyards (square in size of 9.14 m (30.0 ft)
on each side) encircled by arcades built with 180 square structural columns and 60 pilasters,which run
in north–south direction and divides into aisles.
• The open courtyardsare the source of light and ventilation tothe internalprayer spaces.
• The roof is partitionedinto 25 squares of equalsize with 9 small domes in each square (totaling to 81
domes) and alternatedby 12 flat roofs to cover the roof.
• The four courtyardsprovide light and ventilation.
• The four corners of the mosque are adorned with towers with three protruding gateways,one in the
middle of each face, with tapering turrets flanking each gate.
6.
7. • The interiorwallsare bland but provided with traditional
carved stone screens. The symmetrically designed admirable
mosque is considered as one of “the finest architectural
compositionsof the Sultanatehistory.”
• The mosque's walls are of rubble masonry construction
with plasteredsurface on the outside.
• It was considered Firuz Shah's architecturalbenefaction.
• The importance of the Khirki Mosque's architectural
elegance has been considered a precursor to the intensely
metaphoricalMughalarchitecture (1526-1857), with the
Lodhi period's (1451–1526) architecture – the Delhi
Sultanate'slast dynasty – marking the transition.
8. • Over the years, a few domes on the north–east side of the
mosque have collapsedand a few walls are in a dilapidated
condition.
• The roof is on the verge of collapseat many places.
• Delhi chapter of IndianNationalTrust for Art and Cultural
Heritage (INTACH) has categorized the monument as "Grade
A" in terms of archeologicalvalue.
• It is one of the 43 monuments identifiedby
the ArchaeologicalSurvey of India (ASI) for restoration
before the 2010 CommonwealthGames.
• Some conservation works have been initiatedby ASI inside
the mosque.
