Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 1K views

    DELHI SULTANATE STYLE PPT (25 Sept)

    Uploaded by

    RUSHALI SRIVASTAVA
    The document provides an overview of the Delhi Sultanate dynasties that ruled between 1191-1557 AD and their architectural styles. It describes the key monuments built during the Slave Dynasty like the Qutub Minar and Quwwat-Ul-Islam Mosque. It then summarizes the architectural developments and prominent structures during the Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid and Lodi dynasties such as the Alai Darwaza, Tughlaqabad fort, and tombs of prominent sultans.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    DELHI SULTANATE STYLE PPT (25 Sept)

    Uploaded by

    RUSHALI SRIVASTAVA
    1K views29 pages
    The document provides an overview of the Delhi Sultanate dynasties that ruled between 1191-1557 AD and their architectural styles. It describes the key monuments built during the Slave Dynasty like the Qutub Minar and Quwwat-Ul-Islam Mosque. It then summarizes the architectural developments and prominent structures during the Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid and Lodi dynasties such as the Alai Darwaza, Tughlaqabad fort, and tombs of prominent sultans.

    Original Description:

    hoa

    Original Title

    DELHI SULTANATE STYLE ppt (25 sept).pptx

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document provides an overview of the Delhi Sultanate dynasties that ruled between 1191-1557 AD and their architectural styles. It describes the key monuments built during the Slave Dynasty like the Qutub Minar and Quwwat-Ul-Islam Mosque. It then summarizes the architectural developments and prominent structures during the Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid and Lodi dynasties such as the Alai Darwaza, Tughlaqabad fort, and tombs of prominent sultans.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    1K views29 pages

    DELHI SULTANATE STYLE PPT (25 Sept)

    Uploaded by

    RUSHALI SRIVASTAVA
    The document provides an overview of the Delhi Sultanate dynasties that ruled between 1191-1557 AD and their architectural styles. It describes the key monuments built during the Slave Dynasty like the Qutub Minar and Quwwat-Ul-Islam Mosque. It then summarizes the architectural developments and prominent structures during the Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid and Lodi dynasties such as the Alai Darwaza, Tughlaqabad fort, and tombs of prominent sultans.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    of 29

    DELHI SULTANATE


    STYLE

    PRESENTED TO PRESENTED BY
    AR.KAJAL GARG RUSHALI
    VIKAS
    AKANSHA
    INTRODUCTION

    In sultanate style we studied about the islamic dynasties
    that ruled from delhi which are :-
     THE SLAVE (1191-1246)
     THE KHILJI (1290-1320)
     THE TUGHLAQ (1320-1413)
     THE SAYYID (1414-1444)
     THE LODHI (1451-1557)
    The delhi or the imperial style of indo islamic architecture
    flourished between (1191-1557AD) and covered musluim
    dynasties.
    THE SLAVE OR MAMLUK
    DYNASTY (1191-1246)

     Slave dynasty, (1206–90), line of sultans at Delhi,
    India.
     He lasted for nearly a century. Their family name
    was Muiʿzzī.
     The Slave dynasty was founded by Quṭb al-Dīn
    Aibak, a favourite.
     Slave of the Muslim general and later sultan
    Muḥammad of Ghūr.
    MONUMENTS BUILT UNDER THIS
    DYNASTY:
    • QUTUB MOSQUE,DELHI 1195 CE.
    • QUTUB MINAR,DELHI 1200 CE.
    UWWAT-UL-ISLAM MOSQUE

    • Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, to the


    north-east of minar was built by
    Qutbud-Din Aibak in AD 1198.
    •  It is the earliest extant mosque built
    by the Delhi Sultans.
    • It consists of a rectangular courtyard
    enclosed by cloisters, erected with
    the carved columns and
    architectural members of 27Hindu
    and Jains temples which were
    demolished by Qutbud-Din Aibak
    as recorded in his inscription on the
    main eastern entrance.
    • Plan of quwwat ul islam
    mosque
    QUTUB MINAR

      Qutb-Minar in red and buff standstone
    is the highest stone tower in India.
     It has a diameter of 14.32m at the base
    and about 2.75m on the top with a height
    of 72.5m.
     Qutbud-Din Aibak laid the foundation
    of Minar in AD 1199 for the use of the
    muazzin (crier) to give calls for prayer
    and raised the first storey, to which were
    added three more storeys by his
    successor and son-in- law, Shamsud-Din
    Iltutmish (AD 1211-36)
     Base – 14.1m
     Top -2.7m
     Staircase- 360 steps
     Each storey has a different pattern
    in plan.
     All the storey are surrounded by
    a projected number of balcony
    encircling the minar.
     The tower is entired from the
    gateway on the north side which
    opens out into a spiral staircase.
    Qutub complex consist of :

     Qutub minar
     Quwwat ul islam masjid
     Screen
     Iron pillar
     Ittumish tomb
     Alai darwaza
     Alai minar
     Imam zamins tomb
     Allaudin’s tomb and madarsah.
    View of qutub complex
    KHILJI DYNASTY

     Firoz jallal-ud-din khalji (1290) ascended the throne
    of delhi at the age of 70.
     The Khilji or Khalji was a Muslim dynasty of Turkic
    origin which ruled large parts of South Asia between
    1290 and 1320.
    MONUMENT UNDER KHILJI DYNASTY
     ALAI DARWAZA
    ALAI DARWAZA


     Alai Darwaza at Qutb complex (Darwaza
    near the Qutub Minar which served as an
    entrance gateway to the mosque at the Qutub
    complex).
     Indian carver effortlessly carved Quranic
    inscriptional Alai Darwaza bands.
    It is the southern gateway of the Quwwat-ul-
    Islam mosque.
    of Islamic architecture in India.
    It was built by Alla-ud-din Khilji in 1311.
    • Dome – 34ft (10.3m).
    • Squinches constructed of true arches.
    • The arch to the north is semicircular while the
    others are of pointed horse shoe shape.
    •  Jaali – sensible architectural device
    (illumination and ventilation).
    • Star and hexagon jaalis – create intricate and
    complex pattern.
    •  Blend of red sandstone and white marble as
    facing materials
    TUGHLAQ DYNASTY(1320-
    1413)

     A ruined fort in Delhi, stretching across 6.5 km, built by
    Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq in 1321.
     Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (1320-1325 AD) built
    Tughlaqabad, the third city of Delhi, in 1321-23 ADd.
     Tughlad dynasty was in power at delhi for 100 years.
    GHIYAS-UD DIN TUGHLAQ

     Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq was the founder of the dynasty
    and he built the city of Tughlaqabad.
    He was concentrated on the creation of the 3rd
    city of Delhi known as TUGHLAQABAD.
     It is however the 1st of those complexes combining a
    city, fort and a palace.
     It was formed of sun dried bricks.
    TOMB OF GHIYAS-UD DIN TUGHLAQ


    The Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, built of
    red sandstone, is an irregular pentagon in its
    exterior plan.
    Walls made an angle of 75degree with
    ground.
    Square tomb – 61 ft side
    Height – 80 ft
    Arch and lintel construction – mixed attitude
    of the hindu builders to arched and lintel and
    beam method.
    • True arch + redundant stone lintel
    installed just below the springing of the
    arch.
    • Rubble masonry is used to make up the shape
    of the structure, with huge sandstone blocks.
    • Tughlaqabad is divided into three parts : 1. a
    palace section 2. a citadel and 3. a residential
    city.
    • Moving east from the main entrance to the
    fort brings one to the citadel.
    CITY OF FIROZ SHAH
    KOTLA

     Built by Feroz Shah Tughluq in 1354.
     800 m X 400m.
     Feroz Shah Kotla was the grand and royal citadel of the city.
     Three tiered structureEvery platform is set back fromthe
    preceding one to createterraces in front of a series.
     The walls of the citadel are as high as 15 metres high and have a
    slight slope on the outside.
     His construction works were of a unique simple style
    characterised by the use of inexpensive materials.
     The entrance has a huge iron gate with a board that bears the name
    of Feroz Shah Kotla.
    View of city of firoz shah kotla
    SAYYID DYNASTY

      In the 14th century under the Timurid rulers, Islamic
    architecture underwent a change.
     The narrow horseshoe arch was replaced by the true
    arch, an idea imported directly from Persia.
      They began using wooden beams as supports, and
    eventually the four- centred arch minus the beam
    support.
      During the Sayyid and the Lodi Dynasties, more
    than fifty tombs of different sizes were constructed.
    TOMB OF MUHAMMD
    SHAH SAYYID

     This beautiful octagonal maqbara (tomb) of Muhammad
    Shah Sayyid is located near the south-west corner of the Lodi
    Garden.
     The tomb was built in 1444 for the third Sayyid sultan
    Muhammad Shah.
      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
    arguably the best example of Sayyid monuments.
      The tomb is beautifully ornamented and some of the orginal
    coloured plaster-work is still visible.
    TOMB OF MUBARAK SAYYID
    TOMB OF MUBARAK
    SAYYID

     Built with an octagonal plan, enclosed in an octagonal compound with
    gates.
     But, at present, only the south and west gates exist while the compound
    walls have disappeared.
     Southern entrance opens into the octagonal hall, which has arched
    openings on three sides, except in the west, which has the Mihrab, in the
    prayer direction.
     Enlargement and refinement of the proportions of Tughlaq prototype.
     A verandah, with three entrances, encloses the hall.
     The hall and the verandah are provided with supporting sloping buttresses
    at the corners.
     The overall effect of the tomb is of a pyramidal appearance.
    Chattris (kiosks) in octagonal shape adorn the
    roof on each side.
    Considered as a typical example of octagonal
    Sayyid tombs.
    The overall effect of the tomb is of a
    pyramidal appearance.
    LODHI DYNASTY(1451-1557)

     The Lodhi is introduced the concept of double
    domes built one upon the other, leaving some space
    in between.
     Two different types of tombs with octagonal and
    square plans respectively began to be constructed.
    TOMB OF SIKANDER LODHI (1518)AD


      A copy of tomb of Mubarak Sayyid, the kiosks being removed
    and replaced by semi – minarets called Gulsastas attached the
    base.
     Placement of tomb within a garden, Lodi Gardens in New
    Delhi – a formal and elaborate arrangement along with
    impressive gateways.
     A large wall enclosure surrounds the tomb of which the
    western wall serves the purpose of a mosque.
     There are no chattris around the dome.
     The dome is double dome.
     At the top of the dome there is a lotus instead of small chhatris.
    BARA GUMBAD
    MOSQUE

      Bara Gumbad Gumbad Mosque, with three domes
    Mosque and five arched openings.
     The interior of the mosque is heavily decorated with
    florals, geometric designs and holy inscriptions.
     The hall in front of the mosque served as a guest
    house.
     There are remains of a water tank in the courtyard.

    You might also like