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Char Minar, or the Four Minarets. 1591

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Authors

Frederic, Louis
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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This gate has 4 entrances & contains a little mosque on first storey. It measures 100 feet on each side at its base. Minarets are 185 feet high, & are reminiscent of those of the Gol Gumbad of Bijapur, but they are much more graceful & their style is more refined. On the other hand, the abundance of ornamentation spoils the total effect.

Keywords

Provincial Sultanates-- Deccan-- Hyderabad, architecture

Citation

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/182794

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Basham Photographs

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Image

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Basham Collection

Date created

1959

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This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.

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