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| {{Short description|Mausoleum located in Ahmednagar in the Indian state of Maharashtra}} | {{Short description|Mausoleum located in Ahmednagar in the Indian state of Maharashtra}} | ||
| '''Rumi Khan's Tomb''' is a mausoleum located in ], in the Indian state of Maharashtra.<ref name="archive">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.153598/page/n273/mode/2up |title=History of Medieval Deccan |date=1974 |editor-last=Sherwani |editor-first=Haroon Khan |volume=II |pages=264–265 |editor-last2=Joshi |editor-first2=P. M.}}</ref> | '''Rumi Khan's Tomb''', also known as '''Pila Gumbad''' ("yellow dome") is a mausoleum located in ], in the Indian state of Maharashtra.<ref name="archive">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.153598/page/n273/mode/2up |title=History of Medieval Deccan |date=1974 |editor-last=Sherwani |editor-first=Haroon Khan |volume=II |pages=264–265 |editor-last2=Joshi |editor-first2=P. M.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shyam |first=Radhey |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.118595/page/393/mode/2up |title=The Kingdom Of Ahmadnagar |date=1966 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |pages=394-395}}</ref> | ||
| == Background == | == Background == | ||
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| == Description == | == Description == | ||
| The tomb is constructed entirely out of dressed stone, without any plaster ornamentation on the exterior. It measures about 26 feet square, and has a height of about 40 feet. The walls are four feet thick. Externally, each wall consists of two horizontal floors, divided by a band of ]-shaped crestings. Each floor has three recessed arches. Windows and doors are provided in the central arches of each wall. The building is surmounted by a lofty dome resting upon a drum, adorned with a band of ]-petal moldings. Flat-roofed kiosks are placed at all four corners of the roof, and a ]-patterned ] runs in between them.<ref name="archive"/><ref name="google"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shyam |first=Radhey |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Kingdom_of_Ahmadnagar/5C4hBqKdkEsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Tomb+of+Rumi+Khan&pg=PA394&printsec=frontcover |title=The Kingdom of Ahmadnagar |date=1966 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |isbn=978-81-208-2651-9 |pages=394 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | |
The tomb is constructed entirely out of dressed stone, without any plaster ornamentation on the exterior. It measures about 26 feet square, and has a height of about 40 feet. The walls are four feet thick. Externally, each wall consists of two horizontal floors, divided by a band of ]-shaped crestings. Each floor has three recessed arches. Windows and doors are provided in the central arches of each wall. The building is surmounted by a lofty dome resting upon a drum, adorned with a band of ]-petal moldings. Flat-roofed kiosks are placed at all four corners of the roof, and a ]-patterned ] runs in between them.<ref name="archive"/><ref name="google"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shyam |first=Radhey |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Kingdom_of_Ahmadnagar/5C4hBqKdkEsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Tomb+of+Rumi+Khan&pg=PA394&printsec=frontcover |title=The Kingdom of Ahmadnagar |date=1966 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |isbn=978-81-208-2651-9 |pages=394 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Michell |first1=George |url=https://the-deccan.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cambridge_history_michell_zebrowski_art_architecture_deccan_sultanates.pdf |title=Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates |last2=Zebrowski |first2=Mark |publisher=Cambridge University Press |series=] I : 7 |pages=83 |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718003730/https://the-deccan.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cambridge_history_michell_zebrowski_art_architecture_deccan_sultanates.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Mausoleum located in Ahmednagar in the Indian state of MaharashtraRumi Khan's Tomb, also known as Pila Gumbad ("yellow dome") is a mausoleum located in Ahmednagar, in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Background
Rumi Khan was a nobleman and a gun-caster in the Ahmednagar Sultanate, who died sometime in the late 16th century. The tomb was probably constructed during his lifetime, and used as a garden pavilion before his interment. This garden probably contained a gun-casting foundry, and it is possible that the Malik-i Maidan was cast here.
Description
The tomb is constructed entirely out of dressed stone, without any plaster ornamentation on the exterior. It measures about 26 feet square, and has a height of about 40 feet. The walls are four feet thick. Externally, each wall consists of two horizontal floors, divided by a band of merlon-shaped crestings. Each floor has three recessed arches. Windows and doors are provided in the central arches of each wall. The building is surmounted by a lofty dome resting upon a drum, adorned with a band of lotus-petal moldings. Flat-roofed kiosks are placed at all four corners of the roof, and a trefoil-patterned parapet runs in between them.
References
- ^ Sherwani, Haroon Khan; Joshi, P. M., eds. (1974). History of Medieval Deccan. Vol. II. pp. 264–265.
- Shyam, Radhey (1966). The Kingdom Of Ahmadnagar. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 394–395.
- ^ Sohoni, Pushkar (2018). The Architecture of a Deccan Sultanate: Courtly Practice and Royal Authority in Late Medieval India. Bloomsbury. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-83860-928-3.
- Shyam, Radhey (1966). The Kingdom of Ahmadnagar. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 394. ISBN 978-81-208-2651-9.
- Michell, George; Zebrowski, Mark. Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates (PDF). The New Cambridge History of India I : 7. Cambridge University Press. p. 83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2023.