Main entry:

Taylor, Meadows, 1808-1876, contributor.

Title & Author:

Architecture at Beejapoor : an ancient Mahometan capital in the Bombay Presidency / photographed from drawings by Capt. P.D. Hart, B.E., A Cumming, C.E., and native draftsmen ; and on the spot by Colonel Biggs, late of the Royal Artillery, and the late Major Loch, Bombay Army ; with an historical and descriptive memoir by Captain Meadows Taylor, M.R.I.A., F.R.G.S.I. and architectural notes by James Fergusson, F.R.S., M.R.A.S. ; pub. for the Committee of Architectural Antiquities of Western India under the patronage of Kursondas Madhowdas.

Publication:

London : John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1866.

Description:

3 preliminary leaves, ix-xii, 93 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 76 leaves of plates : illustration, photographs, including plans, 2 maps ; 57 cm

Notes:
Part I. Of the dynasties of the Deccan anterior to Beejapoor. Early Dynasties ; The Bahmuny Dynasty -- Part II. The Adil Shahy Dynasy of Beejapoor. Yoosuf Adil Shah ; Ismail Adil Shah ; Mulloo.--Ibrahim Adil Shah I ; Ali Adil Shah I ; Ibrahim Adil Shah II ; Mahmood Adil Shah ; Ali Adil Shah II ; Sikunder Adil Shah ; The fall of Beejapoor -- Part III. Beejapoor after the extinction of the Adil Shahy Dynasty. Under the Moghuls ; Under the Mahrattas ; Under the British ; Chronological table -- Part IV. Description of the city of Beejapoor -- Part V. Description of buildings in Beejapoor and other objects of interest. The great gun ; Ruins of palaces of the Citadel ; The Citadel walls, and Chinch Diddi Mosque ; Ancient Hindoo College in the Citadel ; Ancient mosque in the Citadel ; Ruins in the Citadel, and Mosque of Yoosuf, Turk ; The Mehturee Mahal ; Mausoleum of Ali Adil Shah I ; The Jumma Mosque ; Nawab Moostafa Khan's Mosque and gateways ; h The Ibrahim Rôza ; Gateway and Mosque of Takoot Dabooli ; The Ashar Mobarak ; The Taj Bowree ; The palace of Seven Stories ; Tombs of ladies of the Royal Harem ; THe Gol Goomuz ; Mausoleum of Begum Sahib ; Mausoleum of Kishwur Khan and Huzrut Shah Ahmed ; Mausoleum of Khowas Khan and Huzrut Abdool Ruzzak ; Tombs of saints, names unknown ; Mosque of Mohafix Khan, or Alumgeer Padshah, in the Citadel ; Mosque in the fort ; Mosque of Musaood Khan at Adoni ; Mausoleum of Assud Khan, at Hookedi, near Belgaum ; Mosque of Tippoo Sultan at Seringapatam -- Notes on the architecture of Beejapoor / by James Fergusson esq. F.R.S. -- Photographs.

Subject:

Architecture India Bijāpur (Karnataka)
Architecture
Bijāpur (Karnataka, India) History.
India Bijāpur (Karnataka)

Form/genre:

Albumen prints England 1866.
albumen prints.
History

Added entries:

Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, contributor.
Hart, P. D., draftsman.
Cumming, A., draftsman.
Biggs, Thomas, draftsman.
Loch, Major, draftsman.
Bombay (Presidency). Committee of Architectural Antiquities of Western India.

Holdings:

Location: Library photo collection 228596
Call No.: PH1980:1220:001-078
Status: Available