The architecture of a Deccan sultanate : courtly practice and royal authority in late medieval India /

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Author / Creator:Sohoni, Pushkar, author.
Imprint:London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2018.
©2018
Description:xxvii, 289 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Library of Islamic South Asia ; 2
Library of Islamic South Asia ; 2.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11794677
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ISBN:9781784537944
1784537942
9781786724199
9781786734198
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-277) and index.
Other form:E-book 9781786724199 9781786734198
Standard no.:99978875181
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1. Locating Architecture: Social History and Historiography of the Deccan
  • The Deccan: A Brief History
  • Hindustan and the Deccan as Diverse and Unified Landscapes
  • The Visual Culture of the Deccan Sultanates
  • Continuities and Ruptures: The Purity and Hybridity of Architecture in the Deccan
  • Methods to Study Architectural Remains
  • Guilds and Movements of Craftspeople Recovered
  • Sultanate Architecture and Regional Variations
  • Extra-regional Architectural Programmes and Building Typologies
  • Global Architecture and Local Construction
  • The Urgency to Study, Research, and Recover
  • 2. Multiple Pasts: The Nizam Shahs of Ahmadnagar
  • Drawing Boundaries: Historiography of the Nizam Shahs
  • The Nizam Shahs
  • Paintings
  • Coins of the Nizam Shahs
  • Literature at the Court
  • 3. Urban Patterns, Water Supply Systems, and Fortification
  • Urban Design and Settlements
  • Junnar
  • Daulatabad
  • Ahmadnagar
  • Chaul
  • Parenda
  • Sindkhed Raja
  • Urban Systems: Water Supply and Civic Buildings
  • Military Design and Fortification
  • 4. Palaces and Mansions
  • Farah Bakhsh Bagh
  • Hasht Bihisht Bagh
  • Manzarsumbah
  • Palace near Bhatavadi (Kalawantinicha Mahal)
  • Architecture of Palaces for the Sultan
  • 5. Mosques: Piety and Prayer
  • Soneri Mosque in the Bara Imam Kotla (Ahmadnagar)
  • Agha Bihzad or Kan Masjid (Ahmadnagar)
  • Damdi Mosque (Bhingar)
  • Mosque of Sanjar Khan (Dhamr)
  • Mahdavi Mosque (Rohankheda)
  • Mahdavi Mosque (Fathkheda/Sakharkheda)
  • Kali Mosque (Ahmadnagar)
  • Qasim Khan's Mosque (Ahmadnagar)
  • Kamani Mosque (Ahmadnagar)
  • Kamani Mosque (Shivneri)
  • Jami' Mosque (Chaul)
  • Dilawar Khan's Mosque (Rajgurunagar/Khed)
  • 6. Tombs
  • Bagh Rauza - Tomb of Ahmad Nizam Shah I (Ahmadnagar)
  • Saudagar Gumbaz (Junnar)
  • Sarje Khan's Tomb - Do Boti Chira (Ahmadnagar)
  • Tomb of Changiz Khan (Ahmadnagar)
  • Tomb of Bava Bangali
  • Tomb of Salabat Khan
  • Rumi Khan's Tomb
  • Tomb Attributed to Ahmad Nizam Shah I (Khuldabad)
  • Shah Sharif's Tomb (Ahmadnagar)
  • Tomb of Haji Hamid (Ahmadnagar)
  • Bhonsale Memorials (Verul)
  • Dilawar Khan's Tomb (Rajgurunagar/Khed)
  • Lakhuji Jadhav's Tomb (Sindkhed Raja)
  • Malik Ambar's Tomb (Khuldabad)
  • 7. Miscellaneous Buildings
  • The Water System of Ahmadnagar
  • The Waterworks at Manzarsumbah
  • Ab Anbar and Badgir at Savedi
  • Hammam at Chaul
  • Shahi Hammam at Daulatabad
  • The Dam near Daulatabad
  • Khufiya Bavdi
  • The Caravanserai at Chaul
  • Chini Mahal
  • Chitakhana
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index