Muslim Architecture of South India: The Sultanate of Ma'bar and the Traditions of 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
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MADURA AND THE SULTANATE OF MABAR | 23 |
KAYALPATNAM THE RENOWNED MUSLIM PORT OF QAIL | 67 |
AN OVERVIEW OF THE ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF MABAR | 131 |
the Jami Mosque | 138 |
Other mosques and the Dargah of Sayyid | 200 |
COCHIN | 211 |
A CROSSROADS WITH SOUTHEAST ASIA AND BEYOND | 247 |
Inscription of Shams aldln Adil Shah at Madura | 269 |
Inscribed epitaphs of Kayalpatnam | 275 |
Quranic texts and translations | 291 |
The Jami mosque of Gulbarga | 299 |
LIST OF FIGURES | 305 |
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PONDA | 253 |
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Common terms and phrases
17th century Abd'ullah ablution chamber Adil Shah Ahmad Nainar Mosque al-din Ala al-dln ante-chamber Arabic arch architecture bays beams Bhadresvar brackets building built Calicut carved ceiling central coast Cochin colonnade columns constructed Dargah decorated Delhi dome doors earlier early east eastern elevation entrance porch Epitaph example exterior facade Firishta Gujarat Hindu Ibn Battuta insc inscription interior Islamic Islamic architecture Kayal Kayalpatnam Kerala Khutba later layout lintels Madura Makhdum Malabar mihrab minbar Mithqalpalli modern monuments mosque Muhammad niches northern original panel Persian pilasters Plate Ponda port portico Portuguese prayer hall Qa'il Qadi Qadiriya qibla Qur'an records region roof structure Safa Masjid Sayyid seen semi-circular Shafi'i Shafi'i Jami shafts Shaikh Shams Shokoohy showing shrine of Ala side Sikandar Shah similar slabs South India square stone tier tomb chamber tombstones town traditional upper walls wooden Zain al-din