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The Taj Mahal is a world famous place and is justifiably a source of pride for India. This is one of the beautiful buildings on the Taj Mahal "campus."
Photograph of the Funerary Complex of Sultan Barsbay: view from the street.
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Image courtesy of Nasser Rabbat of the Aga Khan Program at MIT.
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4.615 The Architecture of Cairo, Spring 2002
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Rabbat, Nasser O.
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Architecture
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Built by Khalif Niyaz-kul, wealthy Bukharan of Turkmen origin C19th century under the rule of the Janid dynasty.
Char-Minar is actually a complex of buildings with two functions, ritual and shelter. Originally, part of a complex of a madrasa, which was demolished.The building has no analogs in the architecture of Bukhara, and the inspiration and motives of Niyazkul are unclear.
The main edifice is a mosque. In spite of its unusual outward shape, the building has a typical interior for a Central Asian mosque. Owing to the buildings cupola, the room has good acoustic properties and therefore takes on special significance of 'dhikr-hana' – a place for ritualized 'dhikr' ceremonies of Sufi, the liturgy of which often include recitation, singing, and instrumental music.
Consequently, for full functioning of madrasa only of classroom and some utility rooms is lacking. However, it was common practice that so-called madrasahs had no lecture rooms or, even if they had, no lectures had been given in them. These madrasahs were employed as student hospices.
The towers of Chor Minor are not minarets. Three of them were used for storage, and one has a staircase leading to the top floor.
Each of four towers have different deco rational motifs.
Some say that elements of decoration reflect the four religions known to Central Asians. One can find elements reminiscent of a cross, a Christian fish motif, and a Buddhist praying-wheel, in addition to Zoroastrian and Islamic motifs.
The dargah houses the tomb of Firoz Khan, son of Firoz Shah Tughlaq, considered a "pir." Qadam Sharif, Delhi.
The mosque is located street door of the minister to the vicinity of a mosque Aq Sankar in Cairo, was established by Khayer Bek valuable year 908 AH - 1503, and planning of the mosque is a space box in front of the mihrab on the side Ieoanan separated for two decades and the end of the iwan tribal two doors one leading to the dome, and the second to the room In the bottom of the lighthouse.
the Beautiful Dome
Layers of building that i shot from Masjid Usamah Bin Zaid Wangsa Maju Malaysia.
Nikon d3300 sigma 18-35
#حوش الباشا .
فى اطار جهود وزارة الاثار فى نشر الوعى الاثرى بين المواطنين المصرييين و تنشيط السياحة الداخلية فقد نظمت ادارة التنمية الثقافية و الوعى الاثرى بالادارة العامة لاثار القاهرة و الجيزة و منطقة الامام الشافعى بمنطقة اثار مصر القديمة و الفسطاط بقطاع الاثار الاسلامية بوزارة الاثاربالتعاون مع الجمعية المصرية لفنون الارابسك والمشربية زيارة لاثار المنطقة .
و قد شملت الزيارة مسجد الامام الشافعى و مسجد الليث بن سعد و مسجد عقبة بن عامر و حوش الباشا .
و قد تمت الزيارة فى ضوء موافقة السيد الاستاذ السعيد حلمى عزت رئيس القطاع و الدكتور محمد حمادة مدير عام اثار القاهرة و الجيزة و الاستاذ ابراهيم مدير عام اثار مصر القديمة و الفسطاط و الاستاذ محمد سعيد مدير عام منطقة الامام الشافعى .
و قد رافق الزيارة الدكتور ناصر الكلاوى و الاستاذه منى عبد الله مفتشة المنطقة
Moth Ki Masjid is a mosque located in Delhi, and was built in 1505 by Wazir Miya Bhoiya, Prime Minister during the reign of Sultan Sikander Lodi (1517–26). It was a new type of mosque developed by the Lodi dynasty in the fourth city of the medieval Delhi of the Delhi Sultanate.[1][2][3] The name of the mosque literally translated into English language means ‘Lentil Mosque’ and this name tag ‘Lentil’ has an interesting legend. This mosque was considered a beautiful Dome (Gumbad) structure of the period.[1].
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The mosque is now completely enclosed within the modern locality of South Extension Part II, Uday Park and Masjid Moth comprising residential and commercial establishments in the urban setting of South Delhi..
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It is famously narrated that when Sultan Sikandar Lodi was on a visit to a mosque in the vicinity of the present location of the Moth Ki Masjid for prayer, he knelt over a grain of moth (a kind of lentil), which had been dropped by a bird. His loyal Prime Minister Wazir Miya Bhoiya, who had accompanied the King, saw the lentil seed and observed that.
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A seed so honoured by His majesty must not be thrown away. It must be used in the service of God..
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So he took the moth seed and planted it in his garden for further growth. Over the years, the process of repeated planting and replanting of the moth seeds was carried out. In this process, the seeds multiplied several times. The Wazir finally sold the rich harvest and earned good money. With the proceeds of the sale he built the mosque after seeking permission from the Sultan to construct the Mosque.[1] Impressed by the ingenuity of his minister, Sikandar Lodi laid the foundation for building the mosque.
Moth Ki Masjid is a mosque located in Delhi, and was built in 1505 by Wazir Miya Bhoiya, Prime Minister during the reign of Sultan Sikander Lodi (1517–26). It was a new type of mosque developed by the Lodi dynasty in the fourth city of the medieval Delhi of the Delhi Sultanate.[1][2][3] The name of the mosque literally translated into English language means ‘Lentil Mosque’ and this name tag ‘Lentil’ has an interesting legend. This mosque was considered a beautiful Dome (Gumbad) structure of the period.[1].
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The mosque is now completely enclosed within the modern locality of South Extension Part II, Uday Park and Masjid Moth comprising residential and commercial establishments in the urban setting of South Delhi..
.
It is famously narrated that when Sultan Sikandar Lodi was on a visit to a mosque in the vicinity of the present location of the Moth Ki Masjid for prayer, he knelt over a grain of moth (a kind of lentil), which had been dropped by a bird. His loyal Prime Minister Wazir Miya Bhoiya, who had accompanied the King, saw the lentil seed and observed that.
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A seed so honoured by His majesty must not be thrown away. It must be used in the service of God..
.
So he took the moth seed and planted it in his garden for further growth. Over the years, the process of repeated planting and replanting of the moth seeds was carried out. In this process, the seeds multiplied several times. The Wazir finally sold the rich harvest and earned good money. With the proceeds of the sale he built the mosque after seeking permission from the Sultan to construct the Mosque.[1] Impressed by the ingenuity of his minister, Sikandar Lodi laid the foundation for building the mosque.