Mehrdad Shokoohy is Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies at the University of Greenwich. Natalie H. Shokoohy is an architectural historian.

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• 1. Introduction2. HistoryThe conquest of BayanaThe extent of the region of Bayana13th and 14th centuriesTīmūr’s invasion and the rise of the AuḥadīsThe Lodī dominanceBābur and the rise of the MughalsThe decline: the Sūrī episodeThe MahdīAkbar and the later Mughals3. The Three TownsBayana Town: Sultānkūt and the later town The late mediaeval town, its street pattern and town gates The historic graveyard, tombstones and their stylistic traits Modern developmentsThe Tahangar or Vijayamandargarh Fort and its town The fortification walls and land features Separate fortified areas East Enclosure East gate of the fort opening to Area E East Enclosure (area E) its topography and other features The monumental gateway Citadel or Upper Fort The Citadel’s East Gate System (F. 18) The Citadel (Area A) its topography and urban form The ancient column Other features of Area A The Citadel’s West Gate System (Area B) Area C Gate F. 5 Gate F. 43 North Enclosure (Area G) Bazaar Street and Shops (F.40) Gate F. 42 and postern gate F. 41 Taletī Darwāza (F.1) and built up part of Area G The fortification walls and their ageSikandra Town walls and gates The urban layout and its components4. Early Monuments (12th–14th Century)The Ghurid Period: The Buildings Of Bahāʾ Al-Dīn Tughluq The Chaurasī Khamba Mosque at Kaman The Ukhā Mandīr Mosque The ‘īdgāh The Persian namāzgāh or musallā Bayana and the Indian ‘īdgāhThe Khaljī And Tughluq Periods (1290–1320, 1320–1413) The Ukhā Masjid The Tughluq period5. Mosques and MinaretsMosques with Traditional Plans The Auhadī Jāmi‘ of the Fort Muftīyun kī Masjid Tālakīnī Masjid Pīr Mastān Masjid or Pahārī Masjid Ruinous structure in the Fort Jāt Mosque The Jāmiʿ of SikandraSmall Neighbourhood Mosques Mosque converted to a house Small mosque in the citadel Mosque with three domes in Sikandra: ("Mosque of Niẓām Khān”) Mosque with flat roof in Sikandra 'Mughal' MosqueEmergence of a New Mosque Plan Tāletī Masjid ‘Īdgāh Masjid Mosques at SikandraMinarets The minaret of Dāwūd Khān The Ukhā Minār or the minaret of Nizām Khān Minaret in the North Enclosure of the Fort6. The Chatrī Its Origin, Its Basic Form and Its Variants in Bayana TypologyIndian prototypesPersian canopiesWooden canopies in IndiaEarly stone chatrīsExperimental designs in BayanaThe Kaman chatrī over the minbar: a statement7. WaterworksWellsReservoirsReservoirs – Typology Lake-size reservoirs Stepped tanks Step-wellsI: Natural Depressions Made Into Reservoirs Mor Tālāb Sikandra Reservoir Dammed reservoirs Main reservoir in the east enclosure of the fortII: Large Reservoirs with Steps at All Sides Bayana Town, Reservoir in the Abū Qandahār Graveyard Bayana Town, the Jhālar Bā’olī Hindaun: Jachchaw (Jachchā)kī Ba’olī Bā’olī at the south of Bayana TownIII: Step-Wells The Bā’olī of Khān-i Khānān The Bā’olī of Nizām Khān, outside Bayana Sikandra – step-well west of the modern village Barambad, bā’olī in the garden of Maryam Zamānī8. Domestic Architecture Structure and Methods Of Construction Typology Single room dwellings Multi-room dwellings Courtyard plan houses Houses with an open-fronted hall (īwān) and flanking chambers9. Mansions, Semi-Public Buildings And Later Monuments The Governor’s Mansion in the fort A religious structure in Bayana town La‘l Darwāza at Sikandra Imārat-i Bādgīr in the fort (the Pavilion of Muhammad Bakhshī) The Jāt mansions10. Historic Edifices In The Towns And Villages Of The Bayana RegionDholpur Bībī Zarrīna: Sikandar Lodī’s mother The Tomb and Mosque of Bībī ZarrīnaKhanwa Karbalā Masjid Dare or Khalī Masjid Jāmi‘ MasjidNagar-Sikri Ambiyawālī Masjid Jāmi‘ (Pathān) Masjid Purāna MasjidSikri Mīwātiyun kī Masjid11. EpilogueAppendix I: Historical Inscriptions Of Bayana And Its RegionAppendix II: The Genealogy Of The Auḥadīs Of BayanaAppendix III: Funerary Chatrīs and Other TombsBayana builders and funerary architectureFunerary ChatrīsStandard Forms Chatrīs with four columns and corbelled or true domes Chatrīs with twelve columns and corbelled domes Octagonal chatrīs Hexagonal chatrī Rectangular canopies or joined chatrīsExperimental Forms Walled chatrīs Chatrīs with ribbed domes Chatrī with a double-shelled domeDepartures From Norms Four columned chatrīs with flat roofs and false domes Chatrīs with eight columns and true or corbelled domes Canopies with nine columns, flat roofs and probable false domesOther Tombs Square domed chambers Late or post-Mughal tombsBibliographyIndex