SULTANATE STYLE

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 * THE PERIOD BETWEEN1206AD TO 1526AD IN INDIAN
HISTORY KNOWN AS THE SULTANATE STYLE OF DELHI.
* DURING THIS PERIOD OF OVER THREE HUNDRED YEARS
FIVR DYNASTY AND (32KINGS) RULED IN DELHI.

• DYNASTIES:-
• 1191-1246. – SLAVE DYNASTY
• 1240-1320. – KHILJI DYNASTY
• 1320-1431. – TUGHLUQ DYNASTY
• 1414-1444. – SAYYAD DYNASTY
• 1451-1557. – LODI DYNASTY
SLAVE DYNASTY(1190-1290):-
• ALSO KNOWN AS MAMULAK DYNASTY.
• THE SLAVE DYNASTY WAS FOUNDED BY QUTB-AL-DIN
AIBAK.
• A LATER SULTAN MUHAMMAD OF GHUR.
• HE DIED IN 1210AS A RESULT OF A POLO ACCIDENT AND THE
CROWN.
 MONUMENTS BUILT UNDER SLAVE
DYNASTY :-
• QUTUB MOSQUE ,DELHI -1195CE
• QUTUB MINAR , DELHI -1200
• ARHAI-DIN-KA JHOMPRA MOSQUE ,AJMER -1205
• TOMB OF SHAMS-UD-DIN ILTUTMISH
• TOMB OF NASIR-UD-DIN MOHAMMED
 QUTB COMPLEX :-
• THE QUTUB COMPLEX WAS BUILT BY QUTB–UD-DIN AIBAK WHO ESTABLISHED
THE FIRST ISLAMIC SULTAN IN THE INDIA.
• IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS QUWWAT –UL- ISLAM, MEANING TGE MIGHT OF ISLAM.
• THE QUTB COMPLEX WAS CREATED WITH THE DISMANTLING AND
REASSEMBLING OF THE 27EXISTING HINDU AND JAIN TEMPLE ON THE SITE.
• THE COMPLEX HAVE :- * QUTUBB MINAR. *QUWWAT-UL-ISLAM MASJID
*SCREEN. * IRON PILLAR.
*ALAI MINAR. * ILTUTMISH TOMB. *ALAI DARWAZA.
*IMAM ZAMIN’S TOMB *ALLAUDDINS TOMB AND MADRASSA.
 .
CLOISTER:-. A SMALL HALL OR A BRANDAH ARE USED AS A
MADRASA .

SANCTUARY:- ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE MOSQUE SQUARE

AND RECTANGULAR PRAYER HALL IS BUILT WHICH MAY BE HAVIVG
THREE AND FIVE ARCHED OPENINGS.

SCREENS:- A SCREEN IS AARCHED FACADE IN FRONT OF

SANCTUARY.
A SCREEN IS A WALL OF MASONRY 50’FEET HIGH AT THE CENTRE AND
108’WIDE WITH 81/2’ THICK.
THE FACADE IS EMBROIDERED WITH CARVING OF FLORAL DEVICE .
 QUTUB MINAR
* QUTUB MINAR IS THE TALLEST MINAR 73M
IN INDIA.
* QUTUB MINAR IS THE UNESCO WORLD
HERITAGE SITE.
* QUTUB MINAR IS MADE FROM RED
SANDSTONE AND MARBLE.
* THE STAIRWAY OF THE TOWER HAS 379STEPS
IN 72.5M HIGHT AND THE BASE DIAMETER
OF14.3M WHICH NARROW TO 2.7M AT THE TOP .
* THE CONSTRUCTION IS STARTED BY QUTB-
UD-DIN AIBAK AND WAS CARRIED ON BY HIS
SUCCESSOR ILTUTMISH.
• IN 1368, FIROZ KHAN TUGHLAK
CONSTRUCTED FIVTH AND LAST
STORY OF QUTB MINARET. .
• FEATURES:-
• IT HAS THE CIRCULAR STAIRWAY OF
379STEPS TO REACH TOP OF THE
MINAR FOR A SPECTACULAR VIEW.
• ALL THE STORY HAVE BALCONY THAT
CIRCLES THE MINAR WITH STONE
BRACKET FOR SUPPORT.
• THE STONE BRACKETS ARE
DECORATIVE WITH HONEYCOMB
DESIGN,MORE CONSPICUOUSLY IN
THE FIRST STORY.
 TOMB OF ILTUTMISH

• BUILT IN 1235 JUST OUTSIDE THE QUWWAT-

UL-ISLAM MOSQUE.
• A COMPECT SQUARE STRUCTURE OF 42’ WITH
ENTRANCE OF 3 SIDES AND WESTERN WALL
IS INCLOSED TO ACCOMMODATE 3MINARS .
• EXTERIOR IS RELATIVELY PLAIN BUT
INTERIOR IS HIGHLY DECORATED.
• A SQUARE HALL OF 30’SIDES ITS WALLS ARE
RELIEVED WITH WHIGHT MARBLE
INSECTIONS . QURANIC VERSION AND
GEOMETRIC PATTERNS INTERSPERSED.
 TOMB OF NASIR-UD-DIN
MOHAMMED
• BUILT BY SHAMS-UD-DIN ILTUTMISH AS
A TOMB FOR HIS SON IN 1231 IN DELHI.
• IT IS THE FRIST EXAMPLE OF TOMB IN
INDIA.
• THE STRUCTURE IS RAISED ON A HIGH
PLINTH WITH A MASSIVE PORTAL IN
THE EAST.
• THE EXTERIOR IS BUILT OF GREY
GRANITE WITH CIRCULAR BASTIONS
PROJECTING FROM EACH CORNER OF
THE SQUARE.
 KHILJI DYNASTY (1240-1320)
• KHILJI DYNASTY WAS A MUSLIM DYNASTY WHICH RULED LARGE
PART OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT.
• IT WAS FOUNDED BY JALAL-UD-DIN FIROZ KHILJI AND BECOME THE
SECOND DYNASTY TO RULE THE DELHI SULTANATE OF INDIA.
• ALLA-UD-DIN KHILJI, MURDERED JALAL-UD-DIN KHILJI AND
CROWNED HIMSELF THE KING.
• HE STEMPED OUT THE LAST EMBERD OF HINDU RULE.
 MONUMENTS BUILT UNDER KHILJI
DYNASTY:-

• ALIA DARWAZA AT QUTUB COMPLEX.

• ALAI HAUZ AT HAUZ KHAS.
• NEW CITY OF SIRI FORT (SECOND CITY OF DELHI).
• ALIA MINARET
• JAMAT KHANA MASJID NEAR NIZAMUDDIN IN DELHI.
• UKHA MASJID IN BHARATPUR IN RAJASTHAN.
 ALIA DARWAZA AT QUTUB
COMPLEX
• THE ALIA DARWAZA IS THE ONLY ENTRANCE REMAINING OF FOUR ADDED TO
THE QUBT COMPLEX.
• LOCATED ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE COMPLEX.
• ITS EXTERIOR LENGTH IS 17.22METER.
• ITS WALL ARE 3.3METER THICK.
• FROM ITS FLOOR TO ITS DOMED CEILING ITS HEIGHT IS 14.3METERS.
• THE GATE STANDS ON A PLINTH CLAD WITH RED SANDSTONE WITH CURVED
FRIEZES.
 TUGHLAQ DYNASTY (1320-
1413):-
• GHIYASUDDIN TUGHLAQ BUILT TUGHLAQABAD ,TGE THIRD CITY OF DELHI IN
1321.
• THE TOMB OF GHIYASUDDIN TUGHLAQ ,BUILD OF RED SANDSTONE IS AN
IRREGULAR PENTAGON IN ITS EXTERIOR PLAN.
• THE RULES OF TUGHLAQ DYNASTY ALSO UNDER TOOK CONSIDERABLE
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.
• FEROZ SHAH TUGHLAQ WAS UNDOUTEDLY THE GREATEST BUILDER AMONG
ALL THE RULERS OF THE TUGHLAK DYNASTY.
 MONUMENTS BUILT UNDER
TUGHLAQ DYNASTY
• TUGHLAQABAD
• TOMB OF GIYAS-UD-DIN TUGHLAQ
• FEROZ SHAH KOTLA
• TOMB OF TELANGANI
• HAUZ KHAS
• KHIRKI MOSQUE
 TUGHLAQABAD FORT
• TUGHLAQABAD FORT IS A REINED FORT IN DELHI BUILT BY GHIYAS-
UD-DIN TUGHLAQ THE FOUNDER OF TUGHLAQ DYNASTY.
• TUGHLAQABAD STILL CONSISTS OF REMARKABLE MASIVE STONE
FORTIFICATIONS THAT SURROUND THE IRREGULAR GROUND PLAN
OF THE CITY.
• THE BORDERLINE WALLS ARE INCLINED INWORD AND STAND TALL
AT A HEIGHT OF 11.75METERS.
• TGE ARCH SHAPED CORRIDOR AND CONCAVE CHAMBERS STRETCH
ALONG TGE INTERIOR OF THE COURTS BORDERLINE WALL.
• TUGHLAQABAD IS DIVIDED INTO
THREE PARTS ---1. A PLACE
SECTION. 2. A CITADEL. 3 A
RESIDENTIAL CITY
• MOVING EAST FROM THE MAIN
ENTRANCE TO THE FORT BRINGS
ONE TO THE CITADEL. .
• THERE IS A BUILDING WITH A
ROOF THE ONLY ONE IN THE FORT
THAT IS STILL COMPLETE. IT HAS
BEEN CONJECTURED THAT ITS
FUNCTIONED AS A HOUSE ,
 TOMB OF GAYAS-UD-DIN TUGHLAQ
• TOMB IS SITUATED IN THE SOUTH
OF THE FORTRESS OF TUGHLAQ.
• BUILT BY GAYAS-UD-DIN TUGHLAQ
IN 1325 WITH IN AN UNUSUAL
IRREGULAR PENTAGON FORTIFIED
ENCLOSURE.
• DISTINCTIVE 75DEGREE CAMBER
OF ITS OUTER WALLS .,20SQMETER
AREA OF TOMB AND HEIGHT OF
TOMB IS 24METER.
 ..

• THE PLAN WAS

DICTATED BY THE
CONTOURS OF TGE
HILLOCK JUST
OUTSIDE THE
SOUTHERN GATE OF
THE FORTNESS OVER
WHICH THIS BARBICAN
LIKE STRUCTURE WAS
PLANNED.
SAYYID DYNASTY (1414-1451):
• SAYYID DYNASTY WAS THE 4TH DYNASTY RULLED IN INDIA ,OF DELHI
SULTANATE.
• THE SUCCEEDED TUGHLAQ DYNASTY.
• FOUNDER OF SAYYID DYNASTY WAS KHIZER KHAN AND ALAM SHAH.
• KHIZER KHAN HAD ELABORATED WITH TIMUR AND AS A REWORD HE
WAS GIVEN THE GOVERNORSHIP OF LAHORE MULTAN AND DIPALPUR.
• THE QUILITY OF ART AND CRAFT WAS DEFINED.
 MUBARAK SHAH TOMB
• THE TOMB WAS BUILT IN 1434.
• THE TOMB WAS CONSTRUCTED BY SAYYID BUILDERS
PRODUCTS TO INLARGE AND REFINED TO PROPARTION OF
TUGHLAQ PROTO TYPE.
• THIS BEAUTIFUL OCTAGONAL MAQBARA OF MUHAMMAD
SHAH SAYYID IS LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTH –WEST CORNER
OF THE LODI GARDEN.
• EACH OF THE OCTAGONAL SIDE HAS A THREE ARCH OPENING
BORDERED BY INCLINED COLUMN AT EACH CORNER.
 .
• 9METER LONG SIDE
OF OCTAGON WITH
ARCHED
COLONNADE .15M
HIGH DOME
SQUARLY PLACED
OVER 21M WIDE
ACTAGONAL BASE
IMPROVED IN TOMB
OF MUHAMMAD
SAYYID A DECADE
LATER.
 LODI DYNASTY (1451-1557):-
•THE LODIES INTRODUCED TGE CONCEPT OF DOUBLE DOMES
BUILT ONE UPON THE OTHER LEAVING SOME SPACE IN
BETWEEN.
•TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOMB WITH OCTAGONAL TO BE
CONSTRUCTED.
•THESE ARE TOMB STRUCTURE
•LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE BOAT FEEL PROFILED DOMES
CROWNING. THE TOMB OUTSTANDING ARCHITECTURAL
FEATURES
.
 BARA GUMBAD
• BARA GUMBAD OR BIG
DOME CONSIST OF A
SQUARE TOMB WITH A
PROMINENT WHITR
DOME ,BUILT DURING
THE LODI PERIOD.
• IT CONSIST OF A
LARGE RUBBLE
CONSTUCT DOME .
 .

• IT IS NOT
ATOMB BUT A
GATEWAY TO AN
ATTACHED
THREE DOMED
MAJID BOTH
BUILT IN 1494
DURING THE
REIGN OF
SIKANDER LODI.
 LODI GARDEN
• LODI GARDEN PLACE WAS THE VILLAGE PLACE UNDER LODI
DYNASTY IT WAS CONVERTED INTO GARDEN.
• THIS IS THE FIRST EXAMPLE IN DELHI OF WHAT IS CALLED FULL
DOME.
• THIS IS APPEAR TWO STOREY BUILDING FROM OUTSIDE.
• OGGE AND POINTED ARCH OPENING HAS BEEN USED INTO A
RECTANGULAR FORM.
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