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Iltutmish completed the construction of the Qutb mosques at Gaur, the Sath Gumbad Mosque at
Minar. At present, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Bagerhat and the Dakhil Darwaza at Gaur.
Site . Originally, it had four storeys with a total
height of 225 feet. The top storey was destroyed Jaunpur
by lightning during the reign of Firoz Shah At Jaunpur, the salient
Tughluq, so he added two smaller storeys and its features of the buildings
total height came to 234 feet. were square pillars, small
galleries and absence of
Ala-ud-din Khalji had better resources with him, minarets. The important
so he built beautiful buildings. His buildings buildings by the Sharqi
represent Islamic art. He founded the city of Siri
rulers were the Atala
and built a palace of thousand pillars within it. He Masjid , the Jami Masjid by Lal Darwaza Mosque
also built the Jamat Khana Hussain Shah and the Lal Darwaza Mosque .
Mosque at the shrine of
Nizam-ud-din Auliya and Malwa
the famous Alai Darwaza The buildings at Malwa are
in Delhi. He also built a
beautiful and strong. The
magnificent tank near Siri Mandu Fort , the Jami
in the old Delhi city. Alai Darwaza Masjid , the Hindola Mahal ,
The Tughluqs could not build any magnificent the Ashrafi Mahal and the
buildings in view of their economic difficulties. Jahaz Mahal are the fine
Muhammad Tughluq founded Tughluqabad in pieces of architecture. Jahaz Mahal
Delhi.
Gujarat
The Sayyid and Lodis built some buildings but
Some of the most beautiful buildings of Gujarat
they lack splendour and only some tombs, include the Jami Masjid at Cambay, the Jami
mosques and minarets have continued to exist.
Masjid at Ahmedabad, the Tin Darwaza , the Rani-
Provincial Architecture during Delhi ka-Hujra near Ahmedabad and some tombs at
Sultanate Period different places.

The Muslim rulers in other provinces built Kashmir
palaces, tombs, forts, mosques etc. in their The most notable buildings of Kashmir of this
provinces. These buildings were influenced by the period include the Tomb of Madani , the Jami
Delhi style of architecture, but due to their
Masjid at Srinagar etc.
economic difficulties, they were not as splendid as
those of the Delhi sultans. Moreover, the building Bahmani Kingdom
material and workers available locally also The rulers of Bahmani kingdom and then the
contributed to distinct styles of buildings. rulers of different kingdoms in the Deccan built a

Bengal number of splendid buildings. The most notable
buildings by the Bahmani rulers are the Jama
The Bengal style of architecture used pointed
Masjid at Gulbarga and three buildings at
arches on pillars, Hindu decorative designs and Bidar—the Jami Masjid , the Madrasa of Mahmud
adaptation of Hindu architecture and his Tomb .
styles in the buildings. The
important buildings in Bengal Quiz Time
included the Adina Masjid at Fill in the blanks :
Pandua, the Eklakhi Mausoleum
1. Muhammad Tughluq founded ____________ in
at Hazrat Pandua, the Delhi.
Gunamant and the Darasbari Adina Masjid
The Medieval Architecture
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