AKBAR(AD 1561-AD 1605)

A CITY IN AGRA DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH.

FOUNDED IN 1569 BY MUGHAL EMPEROR BY AKBAR, AND SERVED AS THE CAPITAL OF MUGHAL EMPIRE FROM 1571 TO 1585.

TRABEATED COSTRUCTION

 3 KM in LENGTH & 1 KM WIDE, & PALACE CITY IS SURROUNDED BY 6KM WALL ON 3 SIDE WITH 4TH BEING A LAKE AT A TIME.

FATEHPUR SIKRI

ARCHITECT : TUHIR DASS & WAS CONSTRUCTED USING INDIAN PRINCIPLES.

INFLUENCES FROM HINDU & JAIN ARCHITETURE GOING HAND IN HAND WITH ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE.

RED SAND STONE USED IN WHOLE CITY.

SITE PLAN OF THE CITY… NAUBAT KHANA KINGS GATE SALIM CHISHTI TOMB BULAND DARWAZA JAMI MASJID JODHA BAI PALACE MARIAM PALACE PANCH MAHAL DIWAN-I-AAM DIWAN-I-KHAS TANSEN BARADARI

AN ENTRANCE GATE TO THE CITY A.K.A DRUM HOUSE (DURING THE TIME OF CEREMONIES).

PROBABLY A PLACE THAT ANNOUNCED THE ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR

MASSIVE GATEWAYS WITH 3 ENTRANCE (1 MAIN AND 2 PROMINENT) SIGN OF MUGHAL ERA.

DECORATED WITH VARIOUS CARVINGS.

NAUBAT KHANA….

PLAN OF MOSQUE AREA 1. TOMB OF SALIM

CHISHTI. 2.TOMB OF NAWAB

ISLAM KHAN (MUGHAL GENERAL)

3. JAMI MASJID. 4.DIVINGS’ WELL. 5.BULAND

DARWAZA 6.OPEN COUTYARD. 7.BADSHAHI

DARWAZA (KINGS’ GATE)

8.ABUL FAZLS’ AND FAIZIS’ HOUSE (VIZIER)

1. BULAND DARWAZA, 2 TOMB OF NAWAB ISLAM KHAN, 3. TOMB OF SALIM CHISHTI, 6. COURTYARD

SITE PLAN OF TOMB OF SALIM CHISHTI

BUILT DURING 1580-1581.

ORIGINALLY WAS BUILT IN RED STONE BUT LATER CHANGED IN WHITE MARBEL.

THE TOMB CONSIST OF A SQUARE EXTERIOR OF 24FT SIDE WHICH CONTAINS A MORTUARY CHAMBER OF 16FT SIDE, WHOLE COVERED BY A LOW DOME.

TOMB OF SALIM CHISHTI…

CORRIDOR WITH STONE JAALI

WHOLE AREA COVERED BY A LOW DOME.

STONE JALI WITH GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS.

THE TOMB CONSIST OF:A: 48FT SQAUREB: 24FT SQAUREC: 16FT SQUARE.

A.K.A GATE of MAGNIFICENCE.

TOOK 12 YEARS TO BUILT THE STRUCTURE.

BULAND MEANING “HIGH” IS A PROMINENT GATEWAY TO THE AREA.

BUILT TO COMMEMORATE VICTORY OVER GUJARAT IN 1601.

BULAND DARWAZA…

TOTAL HEIGHT FROM GROUND LEVEL= 54 M

THE STRUCTURE MAY BE RESOLVED INTO 2 ASPECTS, THE FORNTAL AND HIGHEST ASPECT FORMING THE FAÇADE WITH THE PORTAL AND THE BACK VIEW CONSISTING OF A LOWER AND PLAINER PORTION INTRUDING INTO THE MOSQUE COURTYARD.

WHOLE STRUCTURE MADE OF RED SAND STONE.

INTERIOR OF BULAND DARWAZA

JAMI MASJID…

COMPLETED IN1575 (IN 6 YRS), BY SEIKH SALIM CHISHTI DOMES SUPPORTED ON SQUINCHES HERE CORBELLED

PENDATIVES SUPPORT THE DOME

JAMI MAJID…

OTHER PARTS OF MOSQUE….

CORRIDOR AROUND THE MOSQUE.

19. JODHA BAI PALACE

27. MARIAM PALACE 28. PANCH MAHAL 31. DIWAN-I-AAM 35. DIWAN-I-KHAS 44.TANSEN

BARADARI 26. ANUP TALAO 34. ASTROLOGERS’

SEAT 17. HOUSE OF

BIRBAL

SITE PLAN OF THE CITY…

SKETCHUP DETAILS OF PLAN…

LARGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT BUILDING.

RED STONE USED IN THE ENTIRE STRUCRURE.

CONSISTING OF MUGHAL AND HINDU ARCHITECTURE.

TRABEATED STRUCTURE.

JODHA BAI PALACE……

JODHA BAI PALACE…

CARVINGS SHOWING HINDU AND ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE

DECORATIVE BRACKETS

JODHA BAI KITCHEN…

MARIYAMS’ PALACE…

MARIAMS’ PALACE…

THE BUILDING OF AKBARS’ WIFE SHOWING GUJARATI INFLUENCE AND IS BUILT AROUND A COURTYARD WITH SPECIAL CARE BEING TAKEN TO ENSURE PRIVACY.

PANCH MAHAL…

HAS 5 STOREYS, EACH STOREY BEING SMALLER THAN THE ONE UPON WHICH IT STANDS AND THR CROWNING ONE BEING JUST A KIOSK SUPPORTED ON 4 SLENDER PILLARBUILDING CONTAINS 176 COLOUMNS- 1ST STOREY HAS 56 -2ND STOREY HAS 20-3RD STOREY HAS 12-4TH STOREY HAS 4 (ALL RICHLY CARVED AND PROVIDE INTRESTING VARITIES OF DESIGN AND ORNAMENTATION)THE BUILDING WAS INTENDED AS A PLACE FOR RECREATION WHERE EMPEROR SITTING IN UPPER MOST KIOSK ENJOYD EVENING AIR AND MOONLIGHT.THE WOMEN ALSO VISITED THE BUILDING THROUGH THE SCREENED PASSAGE CONNECTING THE 3RD STOREY WITH THE HARAMSARA

DIWAN-I-AAM..

DIWAN-I-AAM…

HALL OF PUBLIC AUDIENCE. THE MOST IMPRESSIVE FEATURE OF THIS COMPLEX IS THE

THRONE CHAMBER FACING EAST. IT IS SAID THAT IT WAS SO BUILT BEACAUSE OF AKBARS’ BELIEF IN “SUN WORSHIP”.

DIWAAN-I-KHAS…

THE HALL OF PRIVATE AUDIENCE/ THE HALL FOR THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSIONS THAT RESULTED IN THE BIRTH OF HIS NEW RELIGION “DIN-I-ILAHI”.

DIWAN-I-KHAS…

DIWAN KHANA-I-KHAS AND KHWABGAH…

DIWAN KHANA-I-KHAS AND ANUP TALAO

ANUP TALAO…

LUXURIOUSLY EXTRAVAGANT STONE BRACKETS PLACED ON EACH OF THE KIOSKS FOUR OPENING.

ASTROLOGERS’ SEAT…

BIRBALS’ HOUSE…

BIRBALS’ HOUSE…

PILLARS AND ARCHES OF PLAIN MASONRY. HAS 4 ROOMS ON GROUND FLOOR AND 2 ENTRANCE

PORCHES WITH 2 DOMED CHAMBERS ON UPPER STOREY.

AGRA FORTA.K.A RED FORT

BUILT BY AKBAR IN 1565 ON FOUNDATION OF AN OLDER FORT.

THE PLAN IS SEMICIRCULAR, LIKE A BOW WITH THE STRAIGHT LINE OF FORTIFICATION RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE RIVER

YAMUNA, SUCH A LAYOUT DESCRIBED AS “KARMUKA” MEANING BOW.

EARLER KNOWN AS AKBARI GATE.

SMALL BASTIONS.THEIR LOWER PART ARE DIVIDED INTO OBLONG AND ARCHED PANNELS,COVERED WITH MULTI-COLOURED, GLAZED TILES HAVING GEOMETRICAL PATTERN.

SIMILAR TO DELHI GATE AND ALSO HAS DRAW BRIDGEOVER THE MOAT.

RED STONE USED.

AMAR SINGH GATE ….

AKBARI MAHAL…

OLDEST BUILDING OF THE FORT.

AKBARI MAHAL…

JAHANGIRI MAHAL…

BUILT BY AKBAR IN1565-1569. HAVE FOLLOWING FEATURES:-

JAHANGIRI MAHAL…

MOTI MASJID…

MOTI MASJID…

BUILT BY SHAH JAHAN AJACENT TO DIWAN-I-AAM.

NAGINI BHAWAN…

BUILT BY SHAH JAHAN . CONSTRUCTED WITH PURE WHITE

MABLE.

DIWAN-I-AAM

HALL OF PUBLIC AUDIENCE…

MACHCHHI BHAWAN…

MACHCHHI BHAWAN…

DIWAN-I- KHAS

CONSIST OF 2 HALLS :OUTTER HALL COVERS AN AREA OF (26.3X10.1) AND INNER HALL COVERS AN AREA OF 12.20X7.5THE AREA IS COVERED WITH BEAUTIFUL FLORAL DESIGNS , ORNAMENTAL CALIGRAPHY, ROOF DESIGN ETC

KHAS MAHAL..

MADE BY SHAH JAHAN IN 1631-1640 ALSO KNOWN AS ARAMGAH-I-MUQADDAR”. RICHLY ORNAMENTED CEILINGS .