The Mughal Architecture
Mughal architecture
Mughal architecture, an amalgam of Islamic, Persian, Turkish and Indian architecture, is the distinctive style developed by the Mughals in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in what is now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. It is symmetrical and decorative in style.
The Mughal dynasty was established after the victory of Babur at Panipat in 1526 (the Battle of Panipat) . During his five-year reign, Babur took considerable interest in erecting buildings, though few have survived.[3] Six Mughal buildings are declared as World Heritage Site. They are Humayun's tomb, Agra Fort, Lahore Fort, Shalimar Gardens, Fatehpur Sikri, Red Fort and of course Taj Mahal Several monuments from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afganistan are included in tentative list.
Akbar
Akbari Architecture
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi built during the reign of Akbar.
Humayun's tomb (Urdu: ہمایوں کا مقبرہ Humayun ka Maqbara) is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's first wife Bega Begum (Hajji Begum)[1][2][3][4] in 1569-70, and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyath, a Persian architect.[5] It was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent,[6] and is located in Nizamuddin East, Delhi, India, close to the Dina-panah citadel also known as Purana Qila (Old Fort), that Humayun founded in 1533. It was also the first structure to use red sandstone at such a scale[7][8] The tomb was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993,[6] and since then has undergone extensive restoration work, which is still underway. Besides the main tomb enclosure of Humayun, several smaller monuments dot the pathway leading up to it, from the main entrance in the West, including one that even pre-dates the main tomb itself, by twenty years; it is the tomb complex of Isa Khan Niyazi, an Afghan noble in Sher Shah Suri's court of the Suri dynasty, who fought against the Mughals, constructed in 1547 CE.
The complex encompasses the main tomb of the Emperor
Mughal architecture, an amalgam of Islamic, Persian, Turkish and Indian architecture, is the distinctive style developed by the Mughals in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in what is now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. It is symmetrical and decorative in style.
The Mughal dynasty was established after the victory of Babur at Panipat in 1526 (the Battle of Panipat) . During his five-year reign, Babur took considerable interest in erecting buildings, though few have survived.[3] Six Mughal buildings are declared as World Heritage Site. They are Humayun's tomb, Agra Fort, Lahore Fort, Shalimar Gardens, Fatehpur Sikri, Red Fort and of course Taj Mahal Several monuments from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afganistan are included in tentative list.
Akbar
Akbari Architecture
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi built during the reign of Akbar.
Humayun's tomb (Urdu: ہمایوں کا مقبرہ Humayun ka Maqbara) is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's first wife Bega Begum (Hajji Begum)[1][2][3][4] in 1569-70, and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyath, a Persian architect.[5] It was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent,[6] and is located in Nizamuddin East, Delhi, India, close to the Dina-panah citadel also known as Purana Qila (Old Fort), that Humayun founded in 1533. It was also the first structure to use red sandstone at such a scale[7][8] The tomb was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993,[6] and since then has undergone extensive restoration work, which is still underway. Besides the main tomb enclosure of Humayun, several smaller monuments dot the pathway leading up to it, from the main entrance in the West, including one that even pre-dates the main tomb itself, by twenty years; it is the tomb complex of Isa Khan Niyazi, an Afghan noble in Sher Shah Suri's court of the Suri dynasty, who fought against the Mughals, constructed in 1547 CE.
The complex encompasses the main tomb of the Emperor