Jami Masjid,Gulbarga

Architectural features of Jami Masjid in Gulbarga.

1. JAMI MASJID
PROVINCIAL STYLE
(GULBARGA)

2. Basic info:

Built By: Bahamani Dynasty

Year Of Completion:Approx.1300s
(74 Years Ago)
Style: Provincial

Location: Gulbarga,
Karnataka

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3. Planning Concept:


Dimensions:

54m
66m



Main points:
Shape: Rectangular

Entrance: North

Mihrab on west end with trefoil arch

No Courtyard

No Minarets

Instead of courtyard arcade of pointed arches.

Domes

Vaulted Barrel Roof Above Bays

4. Domes and barrel vaults:
 80 DOMES:

•1 large dome(west)(abovemihrab)

•4 medium sized (corners)

•75 small domes

27 Barrel vaulted roofs above bays:

•10 bays on both sides of prayer hall

•7 bays on east end

5. Planning concept :
EXTERIOR
WEST VIEW
ARCADE OF ARCHES
DOME ON CLERESTORY
ENTRANCE (NORTH)
BARREL VAULTS
ALLEY ON TERRACE

6. Planning concept:
INTERIOR
MIHRAB
HUGE DOME
SMALL DOME
7 BAYS WITH ARCHWAYS

7. Ornamentation:

•Pointed arches

•Trefoil Arch : Mihrab And Circling The Huge
Dome

•Interior Archways--“Moorish Stalactite
Pendentive Bracketing”…

(“Moorish”-north African
Stalactite work: also known as “honeycomb
work” or Muqrana)

•Petal detailing on turrets

•Small niches with a little carving

8. Construction technology:

•Material: Stone masonry with lime mortar

•Form:domes And Vaulted Barrel Roofs

•Ventilation: No Courtyard,but Arcade Of
Pointed Arches On Three Elevations

•Huge dome supported with squinches

•Small domes supported by pendatives of archway

•Archways: Low Impost. Wide Span


Dome supported by
pendentives

9. •Acoustic:
oMini ventilators=resonators (reduces echo)
oMaterial=absorption of sound
oConcavity=converges waves(sound audible in all the bays)

SCATTERING OF WAVES
ON FLAT SURFACE
CONVERGENCE OF WAVES ON
CONCAVE SURFACE

10. That’s all.
Thank you.