Provincial Punjab
Provincial Punjab
Provincial Punjab
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THE EARLIEST PROVINCIAL STYLE TO EMERGE
WAS IN PUNJAB, AS HERE THE FIRST
CONTACTS WITH ISLAM WERE MADE THROUGH
ITS TWO PRINCIPAL CENTERS, MULTAN
AND LAHORE.
ARAB INVADED MULTAN FROM THE SINDH
REGION EARLIER IN THE EIGHTH CENTURY.
BUT THE PROVINCE RECEIVED A PERMANENT
ISLAMIC INFLUENCE IN THE TENTH CENTURY
THE INDO-ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF PUNJAB
PROVINCE WAS MAINLY OF BRICKWORKS AND
PRODUCED HIGHLY DECORATED BUILDING
ARTS
THEIR PALACES WERE EMBEDDED WITH
BRICKWORK AND OTHER WOODEN ELEMENTS,
MAINLY THEIR DOORWAYS, WINDOWS AND
OTHER HANGING BALCONIES
THE BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED IN
ISLAMIC STYLES WITH THE FUSION OF HINDU
CULTURE
A CITY OF UNDIVIDED PUNJAB OF INDIA,
MULTAN BECAME A PART OF PAKISTAN IN 1947
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BUILT BETWEEN 1320 AND 1324
FROM WHICHEVER SIDE THE CITY IS APPROACHED, THE MOST PROMINENT THING THAT CAN
BE SEEN FROM MILES ALL AROUND IS A HUGE DOME
THIS DOME IS THE SHRINE OF THE SAINT
THE TOMB IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE FORT PREMISES
TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF TUGHLAQ STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE
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PLANS AT EACH FLOOR LEVEL OF THE TOMB OF SHAH RUKH - I - ALAM
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THE PLAN IS AN OCTAGON (27M DIAMETER) WITH INCLINED
WALLS AND CORNER TURRETS
THE SECOND STOREY IS ALSO AN OCTAGON BUT WITHOUT
CORNER BASTIONS AND TURRETS
EACH SIDE OF THIS OCTAGON HAS AN ARCHED OPENING FITTED
WITH GRILLES AND SET IN RECTANGULAR FRAMES DECORATED
WITH MULTANI TILES
EACH CORNER OF THIS STOREY HAS A SMALL KIOSK ON IT
THE THIRD STOREY IS THE DOME & ITS FINIAL
THE TOTAL HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING IS 31 METERS INCLUDING
12 METERS FOR THE DOME
TOTAL HEIGHT ABOVE THE ROAD LEVEL IS 46 METERS, THE
DOME IS REPUTED TO BE THE SECOND LARGEST IN THE WORLD
BUILT ENTIRELY OF RED BRICK, BOUNDED WITH BEAMS OF
SHISHAM WOOD, WHICH HAVE NOW TURNED BLACK AFTER SO
MANY CENTURIES
THE WHOLE OF THE EXTERIOR IS ELABORATELY ORNAMENTED
WITH GLAZED TILE PANELS, STRING-COURSES AND
BATTLEMENTS
COLORS USED ARE DARK BLUE, AZURE, AND WHITE,
CONTRASTED WITH THE DEEP RED OF THE FINELY POLISHED
BRICKS
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