delhi sultanet

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TOMB OF GHIYAS-UD-DIN
TUGHLAQ
City of SiriIRON PILLAR
KHIRKI MASJID
TUGHLAQABAD
FORT
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Tomb of Balban
Qutub Minar

2. Recap
The Delhi Sultanate was a Muslim kingdom that stretched over large
parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526).
Five dynasties ruled over Delhi Sultanate sequentially, the first four of
which were of Turkic origin and the last was the Afghan Lodi.
Qutub Minar is the Worlds tallest brick minaret.
Alaud-din enlarged the size of Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque by more than
six times.
Ala-ud-Din wanted to build a second tower of victory twice as high as
Qutab Minar but when he died the tower had reached only 24.5 meters
and later no one was willing to continue his over ambitious project. (Alai
Minar)

3. Tuglagabad fort has pentagon shaped like plan is guarded with parapet
walls that support massive cone-shaped bastions at every intersection.
The walls are thick, sloping and high, capable of withstanding Mongol
attacks.
The entrance to Feroz Shah Kotla has a huge iron gate with a board that
bears the name of Feroz Shah Kotla.
The boundary walls of the fort, built as a stone masonry, are 15 meters
high
The 13 mts high Ashoka Pillar stands tall on the top of a pyramidal
three-tiered structure was brought by Feroz Shah Tughlaq from Ambala
to Delhi.

4. Ar. Hena Tiwari
Assistant Professor
GCAD,Sonipat
Lecture-IV
Architecture of Sultan in Delhi Region
(cont.)

5. SAYYID DYNASTY
This was the forth dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate from 1414 to 1451.
 They succeeded the Tughlaq dynasty and ruled that sultanate until
they were displaced by the Lodi dynasty.
This family claimed to be the descendants of Prophet Muhammad.
Their 37-year period of dominance witnessed the rule of four different
members of the dynasty.
 Their central authority of Delhi Sultanate was fatally weakened by the
successive invasion of Timur and his sack of Delhi in 1398.

6. It is a beautiful octagonal maqbara (tomb) of Muhammad Shah Sayyid
(also known as Mubarak Khan) is located near the south-west corner of the
Lodi Garden.
Tomb of Mubarak Sayyid
The tomb was built in 1444 for the third Sayyid sultan Muhammad Shah.
 The building has an octagonal pillared verandah surrounding the central
chamber with a large central dome surrounded by smaller chhatris.

7. It has a fuller dome on a raised seat
surrounded by chhatris.
Each of the octagonal side has a
three-arch opening, bordered by
inclined columns at each corner.
This is the best example of Sayyid monuments.
The tomb is beautifully ornamented and some of the original
coloured plaster-work is still visible.

8. Lodhi Dynasty
Lodi Dynasty was a Pashtun dynasty that was the last dynasty to rule
the Delhi Sultanate.
The dynasty founded by Bahlul Lodi ruled from 1451 to 1526.
The last ruler of this dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi was defeated and killed
by Babur in the first Battle of Panipat on April 20, 1526.
The Rulers:
Bahlul Lodhi
Sikandar Lodhi
Ibrahim Lodhi

9. Fall of the Empire
By the time Ibrahim ascended the throne, the political structure in
the Lodi Dynasty had dissolved due to abandoned trade routes
and the depleted treasury.
The decline and eventual failure of this specific trade route
resulted in cutting off supplies from the coast to the interior, where
the Lodi empire resided.
The fight with mughals

10. Bara Gumbad
In the middle of the Lodhi gardens is
the Bara Gumbad ("Big Dome"), it consists of
a large rubble dome, it is not a tomb but a
gateway to an attached three domed masjid,
both built in 1494 during the reign of
Sikander Lodi.
It also has a residence surrounding a central courtyard, where the
remains of a water tank can be seen.

12. Opposite the Bara Gumbad is
the Sheesh Gumbad ("Glass
dome") because it has glazed
tiles used in its construction.

13. Other adjoining buildings are:
Friday mosque
 mehman khana (guesthouse).
 These buildings were constructed at different times during the
Lodi era and occupy a common raised platform.
. All the structures are constructed on a 4 metres (13 ft) high
platform.
The platform measures 30 meters by 25 metres.

14. There is nothing new in
the world except the
history you do not know.
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15. Assignment
1. Describe in detail with appropriate examples the different
kind of architecture that came in existence during Delhi
Sultanate