Bhadreśvar

"...ably document[s] the developing synthesis of indigeneous Indian forms and the religious and political needs of a new Muslim society...expand[s] our knowledge of pre-Mughal architecture and allow[s] the historian to place the buildings in a broader context of architecture in the eastern Islamic world." - Sheila S. Blair, in: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 1989"It is an important study which throws much light on Islamic architecture and particularly on the Jain influences therein...a valuable contribution to the literature on Islamic architecture..." - N.S. Gorekar, in: India, 1990"...the first systematic documentation of the ISlamic remains at Bhadreśvar..." - George Michell, in: BSOAS, 1990"...presents many topics of interest, both architectural and historical, relating to the earliest Muslim communities of western India." - A.D.H. Bivar, in: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1991

• Part OneThe Islamic Monuments of BhadreśvarIntroductionHistoryThe Site of Ancient Bhadreśvar and the Shrine of IbrāhīmThe Ancient SiteThe Shrine of IbrāhīmThe MosquesThe Solahkhambī MasjidThe Chhoṭī MasjidOther Architectural RemainsThe ChatriThe Dūdhā WavConclusionAppendix: The Mosque of Abulqāsim b. Alī al Īrajī in Junagadh, GujaratPart TwoA Study of the Islamic Inscriptions in BhadreśvarThe Shrine of IbrāhīmThe Style of WritingThe TombstonesConcusionIndexList of IllustrationsPlates 1-58