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Iltutmish’s tomb, detail of carved ornament with knot motif, interior eastern façade

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Description: Iltutmish’s tomb, detail of carved ornament with knot motif, interior eastern...
TitleIltutmish’s tomb, detail of carved ornament with knot motif, interior eastern façade
Creator nameUnknown
Creator nationality/cultureMamluk
Creator roleSculptor
Creation dateUnknown
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsUnknown
DimensionsUnknown
LocationDelhi, India
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsSepulchral monumentsPaleography, Arabic (Cufic)Islamic decoration and ornament
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6. Palimpsest Pasts and Fictive Genealogies
Finbarr Barry Flood
Description: Objects of Translation: Material Culture and Medieval “Hindu-Muslim”...
Objects of Translation: Material Culture and Medieval “Hindu-Muslim” Encounter
Today, eight centuries after its emergence as the cultural and political capital of northern India, the preeminent status of Delhi is a given...
Author
Finbarr Barry Flood
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Copyright© 2009 by Princeton University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.227-259
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00088.010
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-18556&redirecttoanchor=40001
Chapter subject tags:Medieval IndiaCenotaphsHindu architectureIslamic Architecture

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Description: Rubbing showing a detail of a Kufic inscription on a cenotaph from Bhadreshvar
Rubbing showing a detail of a Kufic inscription on a cenotaph from Bhadreshvar
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1227
Object typeOther
Rubbing showing a detail of a Kufic...
Rubbing showing a detail of a Kufic inscription on a cenotaph from Bhadreshvar
Description: Cenotaph, detail
Cenotaph, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator nationality/cultureGhaznavid
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1100–1200
Object typeSculpture
LocationGhazni, Afghanistan
Cenotaph, detail
Cenotaph, detail
Description: Tombstone with arch framed by columns with ratna capitals and bases, detail
Tombstone with arch framed by columns with ratna capitals and bases, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator nationality/cultureGhaznavid
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1055
Object typeSculpture
LocationGhazni, Afghanistan
Tombstone with arch framed by columns...
Tombstone with arch framed by columns with ratna capitals and bases, detail
Description: Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra Mosque, detail on gateway showing knot motifs at center of...
Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra Mosque, detail on gateway showing knot motifs at center of lintel
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator nationality/cultureGhurid
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationAjmir, Rajastan, India
Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra Mosque, detail on...
Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra Mosque, detail on gateway showing knot motifs at center of lintel
Description: Funerary relief
Funerary relief
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator nationality/cultureGhaznavid
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1199
Object typeSculpture
Funerary relief
Funerary relief
Description: Ornament with two distinct styles of vegetal ornament flanking a stylized vegetal...
Ornament with two distinct styles of vegetal ornament flanking a stylized vegetal frieze, detail from tomb of Sadan Shahid
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator nationality/cultureGhurid
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1200
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsBrick
LocationMultan, Pakistan
Ornament with two distinct styles of...
Ornament with two distinct styles of vegetal ornament flanking a stylized vegetal frieze, detail from tomb of Sadan Shahid
Description: Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator nationality/cultureGhaznavid
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1100–1200
Object typeSculpture
LocationGhazni, Afghanistan
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Description: Chisht, funerary momument, detail of inscription with knot motifs
Chisht, funerary momument, detail of inscription with knot motifs
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator nationality/cultureGhurid
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1167
Object typeSculpture
LocationHerat, Afghanistan
Chisht, funerary momument, detail of...
Chisht, funerary momument, detail of inscription with knot motifs
Description: Fragmentary cenotaph
Fragmentary cenotaph
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator nationality/cultureGhaznavid
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
LocationGhazni, Afghanistan
Fragmentary cenotaph
Fragmentary cenotaph
Description: Cenotaph with lamps in the interstices of arches
Cenotaph with lamps in the interstices of arches
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator nationality/cultureGhurid
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
LocationGhazni, Afghanistan
Cenotaph with lamps in the interstices...
Cenotaph with lamps in the interstices of arches
Description: Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra, screen added to the façade of the prayer hall by...
Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra, screen added to the façade of the prayer hall by Iltutmish
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator nationality/cultureMamluk
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationAjmir, Rajastan, India
Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra, screen added to...
Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra, screen added to the façade of the prayer hall by Iltutmish
Description: Fragments of a funerary relief
Fragments of a funerary relief
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator nationality/cultureGhaznavid
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1195
Object typeSculpture
Fragments of a funerary relief
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Description: Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator nationality/cultureGhaznavid
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationGhazni, Afghanistan
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Description: Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator nationality/cultureGhaznavid
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1203
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationGhazni, Afghanistan
Cenotaph
Cenotaph
Description: Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra Mosque, southeast corner bastion
Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra Mosque, southeast corner bastion
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator nationality/cultureGhurid
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationAjmir, Rajastan, India
Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra Mosque, southeast...
Arhai-din-ka-Jhompra Mosque, southeast corner bastion
Description: Rubbing of a tombstone incised with a foliated Kufic inscription
Rubbing of a tombstone incised with a foliated Kufic inscription
Posted by:John Carlson
May 30
Creator name (description)after Kalus and Guillot 2006
Creator nationality/cultureSri Lankan
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date817–818
Object typeSculpture
Rubbing of a tombstone incised with a...
Rubbing of a tombstone incised with a foliated Kufic inscription

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