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The architecture of Delhi dates back more than a thousand years. As the capital of several empires of India, including the Rajput kingdom , Delhi Sultanate , Mughal Empire , and British Raj , the city of Delhi has been a centre for art and architecture.
The Delhi Sultanate or the Sultanate of Delhi was a late medieval empire primarily based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for more than three centuries. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The sultanate was established around c. 1206–1211 in the former Ghurid territories in India.
Indo-Islamic architecture is the architecture of the Indian subcontinent produced by and for Islamic patrons and purposes. Despite an initial Arab presence in Sindh , the development of Indo-Islamic architecture began in earnest with the establishment of Delhi as the capital of the Ghurid dynasty in 1193. [ 1 ]
The tomb of the Delhi Sultanate ruler, Iltutmish, a second Sultan of Delhi (r. 1211–1236 AD), built 1235 CE, is also part of the Qutb Minar Complex in Mehrauli, New Delhi. The central chamber is a 9 mt. sq. and has squinches, suggesting the existence of a dome, which has since collapsed. The main cenotaph, in white marble, is placed on a ...
Architecture of the Mamluk dynasty (Delhi) (6 P) T. ... Pages in category "Architecture of the Delhi Sultanate" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 ...
Ghiyath al-Din Tughlaq's Tomb In Delhi. Ghiyas ud-Din Tughluq was the founder of the Tughluq dynasty built by Tughlaqs (Tughluq dynasty) of the Delhi Sultanate in India. . Within a year of his reign he decided to build the new fortified capital of Tughluqabad very close to the previous capital in Delhi, where he moved three years
Pir Ghaib Hunting Lodge and Observatory is a medieval building in Delhi, India. It is believed to be built by Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq of the Delhi Sultanate in the 14th century. [1] It is a double storied structure and, just like most other examples of Tughlaq era architecture, is made up of rubble. [2]
Ghazi Malik was a feudatory of the Khalji rulers of Delhi, India. The Khaliji dynasty is a Turco-Afghan [4] dynasty which ruled India. Once, while on a walk with his Khalji master, Ghazi Malik suggested that the king build a fort on a hillock in the southern portion of Delhi. The king jokingly told Ghazi Malik to build the fort himself when he ...