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Architectural Contributions Of Humayun

1. HUMAYUN A MUGHAL EMPEROR PRESENTATION BY MOHAMED LAFIR ARCHITECTURE STUDENT MAMSA

2. HISTORY AND BIO NAME : HUMAYUN NASIR UD DIN MUHAMMAD BIRTH : 6 MARCH 1508 DEATH :27 JAN 1556 REIGN : 1530-1540 AND 1555-1556 CONTRIBUTIONS : KACHPURA MOSQUE, TALAQI DARWAZA, BARA DARWAZA, HUMAYUN DARWAZA

3. REIGN AND WARS REVOLT OF THEIR BROTHERS AGAINST HIM RIVAL KINGS : SHER SHAH SURI, SULTAN BAHADUR DEFEATED IN 1540 BY SHER SHAH SURI WITH THE AID OF SAFAVID DYNASTY OF PERSIA THE MUGHALS RECONQUERED THEIR KINGDOM BACK UNDER HUMAYUN IN 1555

4. KACHPURA MOSQUE IN THE VILLAGE OF KACHPURA IN AGRA ON THE LEFT BANK OF RIVER YAMUNA IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1530 A BEAUTIFUL FIVE ARCHED STRUCTURE WITH A HIGH IWAN WHICH CONCEALS THE DOME ON TOP DOME IS SUPPORTED ON KITE SHAPED PENDENTIVES AND NET SQUINCHES FAÇADE WAS ONCE ADORNED WITH GLAZED TILES

5. KACHPURA MOSQUE IT IS THE COPY OF TIMURID STYLE MOSQUE BUILT OF BRICKS AND PLASTERED WITH MORTAR USAGE OF DECORATIVE PATTERNS ARE RARE IN GENERAL PLAN, IT RESEMBLES BABUR PANIPUT MOSQUE

6. DIN PANAH BUILT IN 1533, DELHI MASSIVE STONE BASTIONS GUARD THE WESTERN ENTRANCE IT HAS AN ARCHED DOORWAY, DWARFED BY ITS THICK FORTY FEET HIGH WALLS THERE ARE THREE GATES: NORTH TALAQI GATE, WEST BARA GATE AND SOUTH HUMAYUN GATE

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8. TALAQI DARWAZA TALAQI WAS A THREE STOREY ROUND IN THE FORM OF THE GATE WITH THE DEFENSIVE WALLS WITH HISTORICAL LONG DOOR SIDES OF THE GATE DECORATED WITH LOTUS BUDS MAINLY THE GATE WAS DECORATED WITHRED SANDSTONE ARCH OVER THE CORNER WALLS WHITE MARBLE, RED SANSTONE, BLACK STONE, AND COLOURED MARBLES WERE USED

9. TALAQI DARWAZA BEAUTY OF THE GATE LIES IN THE ERECTED STATUE OF LION MADE OF WHITE MARBLE AT THE TOP OF THE GATE A GLANCE INTO THE LION SYMBOL ABSTRACT ANIMAL RESEMBLING THE SHAPE OF HORSE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS GATE WAS NOT DONE SHER SHAH BUT BY HUMAYUN AND COMPLETED IN1534

10. BARA DARWAZA WESTERN GATE OF DIN PANAH BUILT WITH RED SANDSTONE IN A SIMPLER MANNER TOP OF THE GATE IS DECORATED WITH COLORFUL PATTERNS THE GATE IS COVERED WITH WHITE MARBLE CORNERS ARE ARTICULATED WITH LOTUS BUDS BLACK STONE WAS USED FOR DECORATION FLORAL PATTERNS ARE MADE WITH BLACK STONE AS DECORATION

11. HUMAYUN DARWAZA SOUTHERN GATE OF DIN PANAH COMBINED STYLE OF ABOVE TWO GATES INSIDE THE GATE IT CONSISTS OF THREE FLOORS, EACH FLOOR WITH LIVING ROOM, HALL, CORRIDOR, AND STAIRS CONNECTING THEM WALL IS MADE OF CRUSHED STONES FINE ART WORK IS OBSERVED HERE

12. HUMAYUN’S TOMB ONE OF THE EARLIEST EXAMPLES OF MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE CONSTRUCTED BY HIS WIFE HAJI BEGUM, LATER 1556 SITUATED AT THE SOUTH OF THE PURANA QILA, EASTERN DELHI SET IN THE CENTER OF THE GARDEN IN THE CLASSICAL MUGHAL CHAR BAGH GARDEN A HIGH WALL SURROUNDS THE GARDEN ON THREE SIDES THE GARDEN IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS BY BISECTING WATER CHANNELS

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17. HUMAYUN’S TOMB REASON FOR THE SELECTION OF THIS SITE WAS ONCE EXISTED RESIDENCE OF HAZRAT NIZAMMUDDIN AULIYA EASY AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS , ARTESIANS AND SKILLED LABOURS ARE ALSO THE REASON FOR SELECTION OF THIS SITE IT IS CLOSE TO THE RIVER YAMUNA

18. HUMAYUN’ S TOMB IT IS A THREE TIERED QUADRANGULAR STRUCTURE HAVING STEPS ON ALL SIDES AND CIRCULAR DOME ABOVE THE THIRD PLINTH IT IS A SQUARE NINEFOLD PLAN EIGHT TWO STOREYED VAULTED CHAMBERS RADIATE FROM THE CENTRAL, DOUBLE HEIGHT, DOMED CHAMBER THE SYMMETRICAL GROUND PLAN CONTAINS 124 VAULTED CHAMBERS

19. HUMAYUN’S TOMB THE CENTRAL OCTAGONAL SPACE HAS THE CENOTAPH OF HUMAYUN ARCHED LOBBIES ON THEIR SIDES OPENINGS ARE CLOSED WITH PERFORATED SCREENS CENTRAL HALL HAS EIGHT ALCOVES ONE ON EITHER SIDE DIVIDED INTO TWO STOREYED ELEVATION

20. HUMAYUN’ TOMB THE THIRD STOREY ABOVE THEM HAS JALI OPENINGS THREE EMPHATIC ARCHES DOMINATE ON EACH SIDE ROOF SURMOUNTED BY A 42.5 M HIGH DOUBLE DOME WITH MARBLE PILLARED KIOSKS ARE PLACED AROUND IT

21. HUMAYUN’S TOMB DOUBLE LAYERED DOME OUTER LAYER SUPPORTS THE WHITE MARBLE EXTERIOR FACING THE TOP OF ITS DOME REACHES 140 FEET FROM THE GROUND THIS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IS KNOWN AS HASHT BIHISHT(EIGHT PARADISE) AND IS A TYPICAL OF IRANIAN BUILDINGS FROM THE TIME OF TIMUR THE LAME

22. HUMAYUN’S TOMB SARCOPHAGUS OF HUMAYUN IS IN THE CENTRAL DOMED CHAMBER HEAD POINTING NORTH-WEST FACING ACCORDING TO ISLAMIC PRACTISE BLACK MARBLE IS USED TO RELIEVE MONOTONY

23. HUMAYUN’S TOMB WESTERN GATEWAY IS 16M HIGH ROOMS ON EACH SIDE FLANK THE CENTRAL PASSAGE UPPER FLOOR HAS SMALL COURTYARD EACH SIDE IS CROWNED BY A SQUARE CHATRI COMPOSED OF JALIED BALUSTRADE, SLENDER PILLAR, WHITE MARBLE CUPOLA

24. HUMAYUN’S TOMB SOUTHERN GATE IS DOUBLE STOREYED LOCAL QUARTZITE WITH RED SANDSTONE IS USED WHITE MARBLE IS USED ON ALL PROMINENT OUTLINE A SCREEN OF ARCHES ATTACHED THE GATEWAY ON EITHER SIDE AT AN INCLINED ANGLE

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