Muslim Architecture of South India: The Sultanate of Ma'bar and the Traditions of Maritime Settlers on the Malabar and Coromandel Coasts (Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Goa)

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This book reinterprets the Muslim architecture and urban planning of South India, looking beyond the Deccan to the regions of Tamil Nadu and Kerala - the historic coasts of Coromandel and Malabar. For the first time a detailed survey of the Muslim monuments of the historic ports and towns demonstrates a rich and diverse architectural tradition entirely independent from the better known architecture of North India and the Deccan sultanates. The book, extensively illustrated with photographs and architectural drawings, widens the horizons of our understanding of Muslim India and will no doubt pave new paths for future studies in the field. Cover MUSLIM ARCHITECTURE OF SOUTH INDIA: THE SULTANATE OF MA'BAR AND THE TRADITIONS OF THE MARITIME SETTLERS ON THE MALABAR AND COROMANDEL COASTS (TAMIL NADU, KERALA AND GOA) Copyright TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION INDIAN OCEAN MARITIME SETTLEMENTS EARLY SITES BHADREŚVAR JUNAGADH PART ONE THE COROMANDEL COAST (TAMIL NADU) MADURA AND THE SULTANATE OF MA‘BAR MA‘BAR IN THE MUSLIM RECORDS THE SULTANATE OF MA‘BAR MADURA: ITS ORIGIN AND URBAN FORM ISLAMIC BUILDINGS OF MADURA MONUMENTS IN THE ‘ALĀ AL-DĪN AND SHAMS AL-DĪN COMPLEX THE SHRINE OF 'ALĀ AL-DĪN AND SHAMS AL-DĪN THE MOSQUE OF 'ALĀ AL-DĪN CHATRĪ OF SAYYID HUSAIN QUDDŪS'LLĀH OCTAGONAL TOMB OF BARĀ MASTĀN SĀDA PĪR DOMED PAVILION WITH PORTICO MOSQUES IN MADURA TOWN THE MOSQUE OF QĀDĪ TĀJ AL-DĪN TIRUPARANGUNDRAM SHRINE OF SIKANDAR SHĀH KAYALPATNAM: THE RENOWNED MUSLIM PORT OF QA’IL HISTORY TOWN PLAN MONUMENTS THE JĀMI' AL-KABĪR OR KHUTBA PARRIAPALLI THE JĀMI' AL-ṢAGHĪR OR KHUTBA ŚIRUPALLI AḤMAD NAINĀR MASJID ŚIRUNAINĀRPALLI OR QĀDIRIYA MASJID MAKHDŪM MASJID RETTAIKULAMPALLI MARAKRĀYARPALLI AND THE DARGĀH OF SHAIKH SULAIMĀN APPAPALLI AND THE DARGĀH OF SHAIKH SĀM SHAHĀB AL-DĪN WALĪ'ULLĀH LATER MONUMENTS KOSHMURAI APPA OR KOSHMERI SHRINE OTHER MOSQUES AND SHRINES QĀDIRIYA MADRASA AND MAHLARA MOSQUE KATTŪPALLI OR MAKHDŪMPALLI AN OVERVIEW OF THE ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF MA‘BAR PART TWO MALABAR (KERALA AND GOA) MALABAR QUILON: THE JĀMI' MOSQUE CRANGANUR: THE CHERAMAN JĀMI' MASJID CALICUT OLD PORT THE MUSLIM SETTLEMENT THE MITHQĀLPALLI OR NĀKHUDĀ MITHQĀL MASJID GROUND LEVEL THE INSCRIBED MINBAR WOODEN UPPER TIERS THE JĀMI' MASJID HISTORICAL INSCRIPTIONS THE MOSQUE THE MINBAR THE ROOF STRUCTURE THE MUCHCHANDIPALLI INSCRIPTIONS THE MOSQUE OTHER MOSQUES AND THE DARGĀH OF SAYYID ‘ABD’ULLĀH HADARAPALLI TADRŪSPALLI IDRĪSPALLI DARGĀH OF SAYYID ‘ABD’ULLĀH MASTĀN VĪDŪ COCHIN TOWN PLAN THE SHAFI‘Ī JĀMI' OR CHEMBATTAPALLI THE INSCRIPTIONS THE MOSQUE THE MIHRAB THE MINBAR THE WOODEN UPPER STRUCTURE OTHER MONUMENTS THE SHRINE OF SAYYID ISMĀ'ĪL BUKHĀRĪ AND SAYYID FAKHR AL-DĪN BUKHĀRĪ DARGĀH OF SHAIKH ZAIN AL-DĪN MAKHDŪM AL-MA‘BARĪ ZAIN AL-DĪN’S FAMILY THE SHRINE AND OTHER BUILDINGS MUSLIM MALABAR: A CROSSROADS WITH SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND BEYOND PONDA, GOA AN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE DECCAN AND MALABAR HISTORY THE SAFĀ MASJID THE TANK THE MOSQUE PART THREE APPENDICES, LISTS, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX APPENDIX I: INSCRIPTION OF SHAMS AL-DĪN 'ĀDIL SHĀH AT MADURA APPENDIX II: INSCRIBED EPITAPHS OF KAYALPATNAM APPENDIX III: INSCRIPTION OF THE SHRINE OF ZAIN AL-DĪN AT COCHIN: QURANIC TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS APPENDIX IV: THE PROPORTION OF POPULATION AND ITS RELATION TO THE SIZE OF JĀMI' MOSQUES APPENDIX V: THE JĀMI' MOSQUE OF GULBARGA AND THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF PALACE BUILDINGS AND SOUTH INDIAN MOSQUES LIST OF FIGURES AND PLATES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX