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... Qur'an was a role model for all Muslim rulers , the Mughals created distinctive Solomonic settings in their architecture and art . In Jahangiri interpretations , the Persianate iconography takes on an idiosyncratic character : here ...
... Qur'an was a role model for all Muslim rulers , the Mughals created distinctive Solomonic settings in their architecture and art . In Jahangiri interpretations , the Persianate iconography takes on an idiosyncratic character : here ...
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... Qur'an to memory ( huffaz = pl . of hafiz ) - and the needy and deserving recited the Qur'an and the Fatiha . And having honoured this blessed place with his presence , the ruler as generous as the ocean distributed half of the allotted ...
... Qur'an to memory ( huffaz = pl . of hafiz ) - and the needy and deserving recited the Qur'an and the Fatiha . And having honoured this blessed place with his presence , the ruler as generous as the ocean distributed half of the allotted ...
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... an Persian plural . ayina bandi , ayina kari ( äyīna bandī , äyīna kārī ) ' Mirror work ' : mosaic of pieces of ... Qur'an ; prayer for the dead , recited when visiting tombs . faujdar ( faujdär ) Officer commanding a military force ...
... an Persian plural . ayina bandi , ayina kari ( äyīna bandī , äyīna kārī ) ' Mirror work ' : mosaic of pieces of ... Qur'an ; prayer for the dead , recited when visiting tombs . faujdar ( faujdär ) Officer commanding a military force ...
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The Mughal garden its buildings and its ownership | 24 |
The construction of the Taj Mahal 82 Conservation and future 250 | 85 |
The architects of the Taj Mahal 89 Map of Mughal India 255 | 97 |
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Agra Agra fort Akbar architecture artist Aurangzeb Babur Bagh-i bazaar and caravanserai bazaar street Begam Begley and Desai blossoms British building built Burj caravanserai caravanserai complex cenotaph central centre century chahar bagh chhatris Company drawing corner court courtyard Curzon dados Dara Shikoh decoration Delhi Diwan-i dome emperor Fatehpuri flanked flowers funerary gate hall hasht bihisht historians hujra imperial India inlaid inscriptions Islamic Itimad-ud-Daula Jahanara Jahangir Jilaukhana Kalim Khan-i Khawasspuras Mahal complex Masjid mausoleum Mihman Khana minarets monument mosque Mughal Muhammad Mumtaz Mahal Muslim niches Nur Jahan octagonal ornament Padshahnama palace pattern pavilion Persian Photograph taken pietra dura pishtaq plant platform Qur'an Raja Rauza rectangular red sandstone river riverfront garden riverfront terrace rooms sawar Shah Jahan Shah Nawaz Khan side Sil Chand stone subsidiary tomb tahkhana Taj Mahal tomb chamber tomb garden towers trans vases vaults verandah walkways wall white marble Yamuna zira