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'''Mughal architecture''' is the [[architectural style]] developed by the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries throughout the extent of their empire in the [[Indian subcontinent]]. It is an amalgam of [[Islamic architecture|Islamic]], [[Iranian architecture|Persian]], and [[Architecture of India|Indian architecture]].<ref>{{cite book | title = The A to Z of Architecture | last = Palmer | first = Allison Lee | ISBN = 978-0-8108-6895-3 | url = http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7rKbblKGVEsC | page = 263}}</ref> The Mughal Emperors gave a new direction and impetus to architecture. Examples of this style can be found in [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]] and [[Bangladesh]]. |
'''Mughal architecture''' is the [[architectural style]] developed by the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries throughout the extent of their empire in the [[Indian subcontinent]]. It is an amalgam of [[Islamic architecture|Islamic]], [[Iranian architecture|Persian]], and [[Architecture of India|Indian architecture]].<ref>{{cite book | title = The A to Z of Architecture | last = Palmer | first = Allison Lee | ISBN = 978-0-8108-6895-3 | url = http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7rKbblKGVEsC | page = 263}}</ref> The Mughal Emperors gave a new direction and impetus to architecture. Examples of this style can be found in [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]] and [[Bangladesh]]. |
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The Mughal dynasty was established after the victory of [[Babur]] at [[Battle of (1526)|Panipat]] in 1526. During his five-year reign, Babur took considerable interest in erecting buildings, though few have survived.<ref>http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Culture/Archit/Mugarch.html</ref> His grandson [[Akbar]] built widely, and the style developed vigorously during his reign. Among his accomplishments were a [[Humayun's Tomb|tomb]] for his father [[Humayun]], the [[Agra Fort]], and the fort-city of [[Fatehpur Sikri]]. Akbar's son [[Jahangir]] commissioned the [[Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar|Shalimar Gardens]] in [[Kashmir]]. |
The Mughal dynasty was established after the victory of [[Babur]] at [[Battle of (1526)|Panipat]] in 1526. During his five-year reign, Babur took considerable interest in erecting buildings, though few have survived.<ref>http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Culture/Archit/Mugarch.html</ref> His grandson [[Akbar]] built widely, and the style developed vigorously during his reign. Among his accomplishments were a [[Humayun's Tomb|tomb]] for his father [[Humayun]], the [[Agra Fort]], and the fort-city of [[Fatehpur Sikri]]. Akbar's son [[Jahangir]] commissioned the [[Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar|Shalimar Gardens]] in [[Kashmir]]. |
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Mughal architecture is the architectural style developed by the Mughals in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries throughout the extent of their empire in the Indian subcontinent. It is an amalgam of Islamic, Persian, and Indian architecture.[1] The Mughal Emperors gave a new direction and impetus to architecture. Examples of this style can be found in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Hello 8D hi The Mughal dynasty was established after the victory of Babur at Panipat in 1526. During his five-year reign, Babur took considerable interest in erecting buildings, though few have survived.[2] His grandson Akbar built widely, and the style developed vigorously during his reign. Among his accomplishments were a tomb for his father Humayun, the Agra Fort, and the fort-city of Fatehpur Sikri. Akbar's son Jahangir commissioned the Shalimar Gardens in Kashmir.
Mughal architecture reached its peak during the reign of Shah Jahan, who constructed the Jama Masjid, the Red Fort, the Shalimar Gardens in Lahore, and the most famous Mughal monument, the Taj Mahal, as well as many other fine examples of the style.
While Shah Jahan's son Aurangzeb commissioned some buildings such as the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, his reign corresponded with the decline of Mughal architecture and the Empire itself.
Under Jahangir the Hindu features vanished from the style; his great mosque at Lahore is in the Persian style, covered with enameled tiles. At Agra, the tomb of Itmad-ud-Daula, which was completed in 1628, was built entirely of white marble and covered in pietra dura mosaic. Jahangir also built the Shalimar Gardens and Nishat bagh, and their accompanying pavilions on the shore of Dal Lake in Kashmir. He also built a monument to his pet deer, Hiran Minar in Sheikhupura, Pakistan and due to his great love for his wife, after his death she went on to build his mausoleum in Lahore.
Shah Jahan
Rather than building huge monuments like his predecessors, Shah Jahan built elegant edifices.His predecessors built huge buildings to demonstrate their power.The force and originality of their building style gave way under [Shah Jahan] to a delicate elegance and refinement of detail, illustrated in the palaces erected in his reign at Agra and Delhi. Some examples include the Taj Mahal at Agra and the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal, the wife of Shah Jahan. The Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) in the Agra Fort and The Jama Masjid at Delhi are imposing buildings, and their position and architecture have been carefully considered so as to produce a pleasing effect and feeling of spacious elegance and well-balanced proportion of parts. Shah Jahan also built the Tomb of Jahangir and sections of the Lahore Fort that include the Moti Masjid, Sheesh Mahal, and Naulakha pavilion which are all enclosed in the fort. He also built a mosque named after himself in Thatta called Shahjahan Mosque. Another mosque was built during his tenure in Lahore called Wazir Khan Mosque, by Shaikh Ilm-ud-din Ansari who was the court physician to the emperor
Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal, the "teardrop on the cheek of eternity" (Rabindranath Tagore), was completed in 1648 by the emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Its longest plane of symmetry runs through the entire complex except for the sarcophagus of Shah Jahan, which is placed off centre in the crypt room below the main floor. This symmetry extended to the building of an entire mirror mosque in red sandstone, to complement the Mecca-facing mosque place to the west of the main structure.
The Taj Mahal (1630–1648) in Agra, India and the Shalimar Garden (1641–1642) in Lahore, Pakistan, are two sites which are on the world heritage list of UNESCO. The Taj is considered[by whom?] to be one of the most beautiful monuments of the world and was included in the New Seven Wonders of the World list.
Aurangzeb and later Mughal architecture
In Aurangzeb's reign (1658–1707) squared stone and marble was replaced by brick or rubble with stucco ornament. Srirangapatna and Lucknow have examples of later Indo-Muslim architecture. He made additions to the Lahore Fort and also built one of the thirteen gates which was later named after him (Alamgir). Aurangzeb also built the Badshahi Mosque which was constructed in 1674 under the supervision of Fida'i Koka. This mosque is adjacent to the Lahore Fort and is the last in the series of congregational mosques in red sandstone and is closely modeled on the one Shah Jahan built at Shahjahanabad. The red sandstone of the walls contrasts with the white marble of the domes and the subtle intarsia decoration.
Additional monuments from this period are associated with women from Aurangzeb's imperial family. The construction of the elegant Zinat al-Masjid in Daryaganij was overseen by Aurangzeb's second daughter Zinat-al-Nisa. Aurangzeb's sister Roshan-Ara who died in 1671. The tomb of Roshanara Begum and the garden surrounding it were neglected for a long time and are now in an advanced state of decay. Bibi Ka Maqbara was a mausoleum built by Prince Azam Shah, son of Emperor Aurangzeb, in the late 17th century as a loving tribute to his mother, Dilras Bano Begam in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The Alamgiri Gate, built in 1673 A.D., is the main entrance to the Lahore Fort in present day Lahore. It was constructed to face west towards the Badshahi Mosque in the days of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
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Another construction of Mughal era is the Lalbagh Fort (also known as "Fort Aurangabad"), a Mughal palace fortress at the Buriganga River in the southwestern part of Dhaka, Bangladesh, whose construction started in 1678 during the reign of Aurangzeb.[3]
Mughal gardens
Mughal gardens are a group of gardens built by the Mughals in the Islamic style of architecture. This style was influenced by Persian gardens and Timurid gardens. Significant use of rectilinear layouts are made within the walled enclosures. Some of the typical features include pools, fountains and canals inside the gardens. The famous gardens are the Char Bagh gardens at Taj Mahal, Shalimar Gardens of Lahore, Delhi and Kashmir as well as Pinjore Garden in Haryana.
Mughal Bridges
See also
References
- ^ Palmer, Allison Lee. The A to Z of Architecture. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-8108-6895-3.
- ^ http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Culture/Archit/Mugarch.html
- ^ Taifoor, S.M. Glimpses of Old Dacca. Dhaka, 1956.
- India: A History. New York, USA: Grove Press. 2000. ISBN 0-8021-3797-0.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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Further reading
- Prof R Nath/Ajay Nath. The Taj Mahal: History & Architecture (Agra -2010).
- Prof R Nath/Ajay Nath. Monuments of Delhi (Architectural & Historical) (Agra- 2010) - English translation of Syed Ahmed Khan's Urdu work 'Athar'al-Sanadid of 1846 with original sketches and inscriptions.
- Smith, Edmund W. (1901). Moghul Colour Decoration of Agra, Part I. Govt. Press, Allahabad.
- Rezavi, Syed Ali Nadeem (2002). "Iranian Influence on Medieval Indian Architecture", The Growth of Civilizations in India and Iran. Tulika.
External links
- Mughal Gardens (Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution)
- Jali/Jharokha/Jala/Jalaka (from Mughal Architecture, Agra, India)
- Mughal Architecture, Agra, India
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