Jami Masjid,Gulbarga

JAMI MASJID

PROVINCIAL STYLE

(GULBARGA)

Basic info:

Built By: Bahamani Dynasty Year Of Completion:Approx.1300s (74 Years Ago) Style: Provincial Location: Gulbarga, Karnataka

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Planning Concept: Dimensions:

54m

66m

Main points: Shape: Rectangular

Entrance: North

Mihrab on west end with trefoil arch

No Courtyard No Minarets

Instead of courtyard arcade of pointed arches.

Domes

Vaulted Barrel Roof Above Bays

Domes and barrel vaults: 80 DOMES:

•1 large dome(west)(abovemihrab) •4 medium sized (corners) •75 small domes 27 Barrel vaulted roofs above bays:

•10 bays on both sides of prayer hall

•7 bays on east end

Planning concept : EXTERIOR

WEST VIEW

ARCADE OF ARCHES

DOME ON CLERESTORY

ENTRANCE (NORTH)

BARREL VAULTS ALLEY ON TERRACE

Planning concept: INTERIOR

MIHRAB

HUGE DOME SMALL DOME

7 BAYS WITH ARCHWAYS

Ornamentation: •Pointed arches

•Trefoil Arch : Mihrab And Circling The Huge Dome

•Interior Archways--“Moorish Stalactite Pendentive Bracketing”… (“Moorish”-north African Stalactite work: also known as “honeycomb work” or Muqrana) •Petal detailing on turrets

•Small niches with a little carving

Construction technology: •Material: Stone masonry with lime mortar

•Form:domes And Vaulted Barrel Roofs

•Ventilation: No Courtyard,but Arcade Of Pointed Arches On Three Elevations

•Huge dome supported with squinches

•Small domes supported by pendatives of archway

•Archways: Low Impost. Wide Span

Dome supported by pendentives

•Acoustic: oMini ventilators=resonators (reduces echo) oMaterial=absorption of sound oConcavity=converges waves(sound audible in all the bays)

SCATTERING OF WAVES ON FLAT SURFACE

CONVERGENCE OF WAVES ON CONCAVE SURFACE

That’s all.

Thank you.