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During Ahmadnagar rule, multiple palaces were constructed, and their ruins lay in and around Ahmadnagar city. They also built tombs of nobles such as Salabat Khan and Changiz Khan, and saints such as Shah Sharif and Bava Bangali.
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India. After its construction in 1567 AD, the fort was key to the Sidis withstanding various invasion attempts by the Marathas, Mughals, and Portuguese to capture Janjira.
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and it contains the second largest dome in the world constructed before modern age. The external diameter of the hemispherical dome is 44 m. Ibrahim Rouza is the tomb for
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The rulers of the five Deccan sultanates and the Bahmani sultanate had a number of cultural contributions in the fields of art, music, literature and architecture. The
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The Bahmani and Deccan sultanates ruled the Deccan Plateau for the majority of the 13th–17th centuries. The Deccan sultanates were five dynasties that ruled late
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Shah often retired here to play chess with a Delhi singer he called Fateh Shah. He also built the singer a separate palace called Lakad Mahal in the garden.
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is one of the largest mosques in India having courtyard of 11,000 square feet. Other architectural works of this period in Bijapur are the
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The Bahmani Sultanate constructed many architectural works, although many of them have been destroyed, with only ruins remaining. The
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forts are examples of the architecture and military planning of the sultanates. Apart from forts, they also constructed many tombs,
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Sara Mondini (2016). "The Use of Quranic Inscriptions in the Bahmani Royal Mausoleums The Case of Three Tombstones from Ashtur".
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are a mausoleum complex, a royal necropolis of 30 tombs of the royal family. These were erected from 1543 to 1672.
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under the name "Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate" (despite there being multiple sultanates). These are:
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The Bahmani rulers built tombs and mosques in Bidar and Gulbarga. They also built multiple forts at
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The Architecture of a Deccan Sultanate: Courtly Practice and Royal Authority in Late Medieval India
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Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates (The New Cambridge History of India Vol. I:7)
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The later rulers were buried in an elaborate tomb complex, known as the
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Kainthla, Anita (August 2011). "The Invincible Fort of Murud Janjira".
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in Bidar are some of the best examples of the dynasty's architecture.
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Monuments of Deccan Sultanates and other Islamic Monuments of India
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Tombs of Bahmani & Bidar Shahi kings at Barid Shahi Park in
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The Farah Bagh palace (also called Faria Bagh) is situated in
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put a group of buildings on its "tentative list" to become a
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and it is one of the most beautiful monument in Bijapur.
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Malik Ambar is credited with the construction of the
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Ruins of Faria Bagh, the Palace of Nizam Shahi rulers
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Bara Kaman, unfinished mausoleum of Ali Adil Shah II
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