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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
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