The book had described Persian inscription in the 14 mosques in India including: • The
Jama Masjid, Delhi of
Delhi, is one of the largest mosques in India. It was built by the
Mughal Emperor
Shah Jahan between 1650 and 1656 The mosque was completed in 1656 AD with three great gates and two 40 metres high
minarets constructed with strips of red
sandstone and white
marble. The courtyard can accommodate more than 25,000 people. There are three domes on the terrace which are surrounded by the two minarets. The architectural plan of
Badshahi Masjid, built by Shah Jahan's son
Aurangzeb at
Lahore, Pakistan, is similar to the Jama Masjid. . Shah Jahan also built the
Taj Mahal, at
Agra and the
Red Fort in Old Delhi, which stands opposite the Jama Masjid.it remained the royal mosque of the emperors until the end of the Mughal period. •
Jamia Masjid is a
mosque in
Srinagar,
Jammu and Kashmir, India. Situated at
Nowhatta in the middle of the
Old City, the Mosque was commissioned by Sultan
Sikandar in 1394
CE and completed in 1402 CE, at the behest of Mir Mohammad Hamadani, son of
Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, and is regarded as one of the most important mosques in Kashmir.The Mosque is located in
Downtown which remains a central zone to the religio-political life in
Srinagar. Thronged by Muslims every Friday, it is one of the prime tourist attractions of
Srinagar. •
Babri Masjid meaning Mosque of Babur (Tiger) was a mosque in Ayodhya, India at a site believed by Hindus to be the birthplace of Hindu deity Rama. with 10 Persian plaques, •
Jama Mosque, Agra •
Jama Mosque, Fatehpur Sikri •
Qutb Minar complex •
Jama Mosque, Jaunpur •
Bahmani Sultanate Akbar works to develop Indo-Persian culture • Agra Fort Agra fort is a
UNESCO world heritage site in
Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
Jahangiri Mahal and Humayun's Tomb Humayun’s Tomb, is often regarded as the first mature example of Mughal architecture. •
Fatehpur Sikri, , Agra was built by
Akbar the Great to commemorate his victory. The main religious buildings were the huge Jama Masjid and small
Tomb of Salim Chisti.
Buland Darwaza, also known as the Gate of Magnificence, was built by Akbar in 1576 to commemorate his victory over Gujarat and the Deccan. The
Tomb of Salim Chishti is famed as one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture in India, built during the years 1580 and 1581. is considered to be one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture • The
Begum Shahi Mosque is an early 17th-century mosque situated in the
Walled City of Lahore,
Pakistan. The mosque was built between 1611 and 1614 during the reign of Mughal Emperor
Jahangir by his mother,
Mariam-Uz-Zamani, and is Lahore's earliest dated Mughal-era mosque. It is known for its exquisite fresco decoration of geometric and floral motifs painted on stucco, along with inscriptions of the names of God. • Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah*. The tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulahmausoleum in the city of
Agra in the
Indian state of
Uttar Pradesh. the tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah is often regarded as a draft of the
Taj Mahal.
Shahi Bridge, Jaunpur was also constructed during the reign of the
Mughal Emperor Akbar.
Shah Jahan at
Lahore does not have a
dome as
Jahangir forbade construction of a dome over his tomb. The
Wazir Khan Mosque in
Lahore was commissioned during the reign of Shah Jahan, his reign at
Agra,
Delhi and
Lahore. Some examples include the
Taj Mahal at Agra, the tomb of his wife
Mumtaz Mahal. The
Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) in the
Lahore Fort and the
Jama Masjid at Delhi are imposing buildings of his era, Shah Jahan also built sections of the
Sheesh Mahal, and
Naulakha pavilion, also in
Thatta called
Shahjahan Mosque. Shah Jahan also built the Red Fort in his new capital at Shah Jahanabad, now
Delhi. The red sandstone Red Fort is noted for its special buildings-
Diwan-i-Aam and
Diwan-i-Khas. • Taj Mahal* The Taj Mahal, a
World Heritage Site was built between 1630 and 1649 • Wazir Khan Mosque in
Lahore,
Pakistan, is considered to be the most ornately decorated Mughal-era mosque The Wazir Khan Mosque was commissioned during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1634, and completed in 1642 • Shalimar Gardens • The
Shah Jahan Mosque is the
central mosque for the city of
Thatta, in the
Pakistani province of
Sindh. •
Shahi Hammam is a
Persian-style bath which was built in
Lahore,
Pakistan, in 1635
C.E. during the reign of Emperor
Shah Jahan. is decorated with frescoes In
Aurangzeb's reign (1658–1707) The
Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan was commissioned by the sixth
Mughal Emperor
Aurangzeb. ,
Lahore,
Pakistan was the largest mosque in the world for 313 years, and is now the second largest mosque in the Indian subcontinent. Additional monuments with Persian Mughal structure
Zinat al-Masjid in
Daryaganj was overseen by Aurangzeb's second daughter
Zinat-al-Nissa. Aurangzeb's sister
Roshan-Ara who died in 1671. The tomb of
Roshanara Begum in Dhaka was built in memory of
Bibi Pari, the daughter of
Shaista Khan who was governor of
Bengal.
Lalbagh Fort (also known as "Fort Aurangabad"),
Dhaka,
Bangladesh, whose construction started in 1678 during the reign of Aurangzeb’s son Azam Shah. • Sunehri Mosque . • Tomb of Safdar Jang The
Tomb of Safdar Jung completed in 1754 is one of the last examples of Mughal Architecture.
Mughal gardens This style was influenced by
Persian gardens. Humayun's Tomb, was the first sample of later Mughal gardens.
First part of the Third edition The first part from the new edition chapter added in 2013 contains a selection of Persian inscriptions found on the
Hyderabad Monuments, dating from the time of the
Qutb Shahi dynasty. It also contains inscriptions from the
Golkonda fort and the
Deccan in the
Andhra Pradesh. Under the Mughals (1526-1858), Persian replaced Arabic almost throughout the region. The case is more or less the same in the southeastern and southernmost strip comprising the present Indian state of Tamil Nadu, which during a brief spell of Muslim authority there, in the mid-14th century, under the Madura sultanate, and then under the Qoṭbšāhī rulers and the Mughals in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the semi-independent nawwābs of Karnataka, saw extensive use of Persian. Likewise, in easternmost Bengal the epigraphic language was almost exclusively Arabic until the Mughal period, when it was totally replaced by Persian. In Orissa and Assam, which effectively came under Muslim authority in the 17th century, Persian was the language of epigraphs. In westernmost Gujarat, one encounters a curious phenomenon: both prose and verse epigraphs of the Delhi sultanate period (1296-1406), are generally in Persian, but later replaced by Arabic under the Gujarat sultans (1406-1580).The epigraphs of the 16th-17th century ʿĀdelšāhī (924-1097/1518-1686, q.v.) and Qoṭbšāhī (924-1098 /1518-1687) rulers of Bijapur and Golkonda-Hyderabad, respectively, who also had close relations with Persia, furnish better poetry. Surprisingly, in the above-mentioned small chiefdoms, as in parts of Tamil Nadu under the nawwābs of Karnataka, a considerable number of fairly high quality records is found. ==Second part of the new edition==