The Architecture of a Deccan Sultanate : Courtly Practice and Royal Authority in Late Medieval India.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- 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 Kari Masjid (Ahmadnagar) -- Damdi Mosque (Bhingar) -- Mosque of Sanjar Khan (Dharur) -- 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 - DoBoti 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.

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