MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE

- BABUR - 3 MOSQUES

i. Sambhal in Rohikhand
ii. Kabulibagh in Panipat
iii. In the old Lodhi fort at Agra

- HUMAYUN :

> Palace at Dinpanah ('World Refuge')
> Jami Masjid
>His tomb was built by his window, Haji Begum - a Proto-type of Taj Mahal

- AKBAR

> Palaces at Agra - Akbari Mahal (based on Men Mandir)

- Forts at Lahore & Allahabad

- Panch Mahal has the plan of a buddhist Vihara.

- Shaik Salim Chisti's tombs Mariyam Palace.

- Began his own tomb's construction at Sikandara - completed by Jahangir.

- JAHANGIR :

> Moti Msijid in Lahore
> His own tomb at Shahadra in Lahore
> Nur Jahan built a tomb for her father, Itimadudaullah at Agra.
> A new technique was brrowed form the Golmandal temple, Udaiput - Pietradure.
> Shalimar bagh at Sringar.

SHAH JAHAN :

- The Taj Mahal for Muntaz - Chief architects were Vasted Ahmad Lahori - 'Nadir-ul-Asar' (title), Mir Abdul Karim, Isa Khan & Makkaramat Khan.

- Red Fort with its own Diwan-i-Khas & Rang Mahal.

- Peacock Throne by Bebadal Khan.

- New capital City, Shahjahanabad, which housed the biggest mosque in India-the Jami Masjid.

AURANGAZEB :

- Moti Masjid in Red Fort.

- Jami or badshahi mosque at Lahore.

- His Queen, Rabirud-daurani's tomb, built by their son at Aurangabad.

MUGHAL PAINTINGS

- Mir Sayyid Ali, the pupil of Bihzad of Herat who has been named the 'Raphael of the Est' & Khwaja Abdur Samad were in the court of Humayun & helped prepare the illustrations to the 'Dastan-i-amir-hamza;.

- During Akbar's reign Abdur Samad, Farukh Beg. Khusrau Quli, Jamshed, Basawan, Lalkesu, Mukund, Haribans & Daswanth were prominent painters.

- Daswanth painted the 'Razm Nana' (Persian Mahabharata)

- Abdul Samad was given the title 'Shingalam'

- Jahangir could tell the names of individual artists in a composite piece of painting.

- In his court Aga Reza, Abul Hasan of Herat, Mohd, Nadir, Mohd, Murad, Ustad Mansur, Bushan Das, Manohar, Govardhan, etc were prominent.

- Miniature painting developed under him.

- European influence also began to be experienced under Jahangir's regin.