Muslim Architecture of South India: The Sultanate of Ma'bar and the Traditions of the Maritime Settlers on the Malabar and Coromandel Coasts (Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Goa)This book reinterprets the Muslim architecture and urban planning of South India, looking beyond the Deccan to the regions of Tamil Nadu and Kerala - the historic coasts of Coromandel and Malabar. For the first time a detailed survey of the Muslim monuments of the historic ports and towns demonstrates a rich and diverse architectural tradition entirely independent from the better known architecture of North India and the Deccan sultanates. The book, extensively illustrated with photographs and architectural drawings, widens the horizons of our understanding of Muslim India and will no doubt pave new paths for future studies in the field. |
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
MADURA AND THE SULTANATE OF MABAR | 23 |
KAYALPATNAM THE RENOWNED MUSLIM PORT OF QÃIL | 67 |
AN OVERVIEW OF THE ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF MABAR | 131 |
MALABAR | 137 |
CALICUT | 143 |
COCHIN | 211 |
A CROSSROADS WITH SOUTHEAST ASIA AND BEYOND | 247 |
PONDA GOA | 253 |
Inscription of Shams aldin Adil Shah at Madura | 271 |
Quranic texts and translations | 291 |
The Jami mosque of Gulbarga | 299 |
LIST OF FIGURES | 305 |
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Common terms and phrases
17th century Abd'ullah ablution chamber Ahmad Aḥmad Nainar al-Kabir al-Saghir Ala al-din ante-chamber Arabic arch architecture beams Bhadresvar brackets building built Calicut carved ceiling central coast Cochin colonnade columns constructed Dargah decorated Delhi dome doors earlier early east eastern elevation Epitaph exterior façade Firishta Gujarat Gulbarga Hindu Ibn Battuta insc inscription interior Islamic Islamic architecture Jāmi Kayal Kayalpatnam Kerala Khutba later layout lintels Madura Makhdum Malabar mihrab minbar Mithqälpalli modern monuments mosque Muchchandipalli Muḥammad Nainar Mosque naskhi niches northern original panel Parriapalli Persian pilasters Plate Ponda port portico Portuguese prayer hall Qa'il Qāḍī Qadiriya qibla Qur'an region roof structure Sayyid seen semi-circular Shafi'i Shafi'i Jami shafts Shaikh Shams al-din Shokoohy showing Shrine of Ala side Sikandar Shah similar South India square stone tier tomb chamber tombstones town traditional upper wooden Zain al-din الدين الله بن