SLAVE DYNASTY

1191-1246 AD

SLAVE DYNASTY - QUTB UD DIN IBAK

QUWWAT-UL-ISLAM MOSQUE : BUILT OVER THE PLINTH OF AN EXISTING TEMPLE212’ X150’ IN AREAMANY TEMPLES IN THE VICINITY DISMANTLED TO BUILD THE MOSQUE

SLAVE DYNASTY - QUTB UD DIN IBAK

COURTYARD OF 141’X105’3 AISLE DEEP CORRIDORS ON ALL SIDESPILLARS PLACED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER TO ACHIEVE NECESSARY HEIGHT

SLAVE DYNASTY - QUTB UD DIN IBAK

QIBLA AISLE MORE SPACIOUSSERIES OF BAYS WITH SHALLOW DOMES

SLAVE DYNASTY - QUTB UD DIN IBAK

AISLES WIDELY PLACED AT THE QIBLA SIDELATER A FIVE ARCHED SCREEN ADDED

50’ HIGH, 108’ WIDE AND 8 1/2’ THICKCENTRAL ARCH 45’ HIGH SPAN 22’25 ‘ HIGH ARCHES ON EITHER SIDE

SLAVE DYNASTY - QUTB UD DIN IBAK

DECORATIVE PATTERNS : HINDU CONCEPTION OF FLORAL FORMS AND QURANIC INSCRIPTIONS

CORBELLED ARCHES : SHAPE SIMILAR TO THOSE IN INDIAN ARCHITECTURE

SLAVE DYNASTY - QUTB UD DIN IBAK

VIEW SHOWING ILLTUMISH’S EXPANSION

ASHOKA’ S IRON PILLAR WITHOUT ITS GARUDA CAPITAL OCCUPIES A POSITION ALONG THE CENTRAL AXIS OF THE FAÇADE WALL

SLAVE DYNASTY - QUTB UD DIN IBAK

QUTB MINARAS A SYMBOL OF VICTORY “CASTING THE SHADOW OF THE GOD OVER THE EAST AND THE WEST”UNPARALLED IN ISLAMIC WORLD : INSPIRED VISION OF QUTB UD DIN AIBAK AND THE INGENUITY OF THE INDIAN CRAFTSPERSONORIGINALLY BUILT TO 238 ‘ HT.

SLAVE DYNASTY - QUTB UD DIN IBAK

PLACED OUTSIDE THE MOSQUE COMPLEX TO THE LEFT OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE

TAPERING FROM 42’ DIA AT BASE TO 10’ DIA AT THE TOPEACH OF THE FIVE FLOORS SEPARATED BY PROJECTING BALCONIES

SLAVE DYNASTY - QUTB UD DIN IBAK

FOUR FLOORS OF DIFFERENT PLAN SHAPESSTELLATE, CIRCULAR PROJECTIONS,STAR SHAPED, CIRCULAR

TOP MOST FLOOR ADDED LATERDURING TUGHLAQ PERIOD

CIRCULAR KIOSK WITH WINDOW OPENINGS

SLAVE DYNASTY - QUTB UD DIN IBAK

STALACITE BRACKETS BELOW THE BALCONIESMINIATURE ARCHES OR ALCOVES WITH NETWORK OF HONEY COMBINGSTEPPED MERLON PARAPET

SLAVE DYNASTY - QUTB UD DIN IBAK

SHADES OF RED SANDSTONECHANGING TEXTURES OF THE SURFACES:PLAIN MASONRY AND RICH CARVINGSPLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADOWS

SLAVE DYNASTY - QUTB UD DIN IBAK

ADHAI DIN KA JHOMPRA AT AJMER 1200 ADTWICE THE SCALE OF QUTB MOSQUE20’ HIGH CEILING FOR CLOISTERSLOOKS LIKE A BETTER COMPOSITION CLOISTERED IWAN

ARCHED SCREEN IN FRONT OF THE SANCTUARY

SLAVE DYNASTY : SHAMSUDDIN ILLTUMISH

SULTAN GHARISQUARE ENCLOSURE WITH CIRCULAR BASTIONS AT CORNERS

RAISED ON A MASSIVE PLINTHMASSIVE ENTRANCE PORTALS

CLOISTERS ALONG THE EAST AND WEST SIDES : HINDU INFLUENCE CLEARLY VISIBLE IN THE COLUMNS

SLAVE DYNASTY

MARBLE PILLARED ARCADE IN THE WEST SIGNIFIES THE MOSQUE

MIHRAB OF THE MOSQUE IN WHITE MARBLE

SLAVE DYNASTY

OCTAGONAL PLATFORM IN THE CENTRECENOTAPH IN THE CHAMBER BELOW: ACCESSIBLE FOR MINOR CEREMONIESNO REMAINS OF THE SUPER STRUCTURE

SLAVE DYNASTY

JAMI MASJID AT BUDUANHAUZ I SHAMSI AND SHAMSI IDGAH AT BUDUANATARKIN KA DARWAZA AT NAGAUR

TOMB OF ILLTUMISH 1230 AD42’ SQUARE IN PLANTOPPED BY A DOME BUILT IN CONCENTRIC CIRCLES

SLAVE DYNASTY

ORNAMENTED ENTRANCE ARCH

PLAIN PROBABLY INCOMPLETE

EXTERIOR

SLAVE DYNASTY

USE OF SQUINCH TO CONVERT

THE SQUARE PLAN INTO OCTAGON TO SEAT THE DOME

BASE

DETAILED VIEW OF CALLIGRAPHIC WORK IN KUFIC SCRIPT AND GEOMETRIC PATTERNS

IN THE INTERIOR

SLAVE DYNASTY

BALBANS’ TOMB 1289 AD38’ SQUARE IN PLANFIRST TRUE ARCH ON INDIAN SOIL