ASHRAFI

MAHAL

Submitted by :

1) Aditi Jayebhaye.
2) Dhanashree Mandaokar
3) Divya Gaidhane
4) Gargee Shinde
LOCATION HISTORY.

The term 'mahal' in Ashrafi Mahal is a misnomer, as it

was not a palace but a madarsa and also serves as
Muhammad Shah tomb which collapsed with

The structure is composed of three distinct buildings,

built at different times.
It is located at Mandu in
Madhya pradesh   Hoshang Shah (1406–1435)  -started mada construction
Mahmud Shah I, (1436–69) -madrasa + victory tower
 Ghiyas-ud-Din.  (1469 to 1500) - mahumad tomb with terrace
ARCHITECTURE
• The first structure built on the site was a madrassa in
the form of a series of rooms surrounding a courtyard,
with four towers, one at each corner of the structure.

• The rooms with a corridor of double arches, which have

pyramidal vaulted ceilings of interesting design can still
be seen on the ground floor of the subsequent
structure.

Further, it seems to have occurred that

the courtyard act as a grand plinth,
measuring 8 m. Where Mahmud Shah
tomb was constructed in the center of
this plinth,
ARCHITECTURE
One of its four corner towers, one in
the north west, was later converted into
a seven storied victory tower by
MOHAMMAD SHAH now collapsed

Interestingly, standing in the middle of the Mahmud Khilji

tomb, one notices that the halls of Hoshang Shah's tomb,
the Jami Masjid and of this building are so planned that the
center of all three is in one straight line.
PLAN
• Ashrafi Mahal covered a square of 97m side.
• The madrasa courtyard was subsequently filled
in to create a terrace 8 m high on which
Mohammad shah tomb was built
• The terrace was approached by a grand flight of steps
projecting from the front on top of which a pillared
portico was placed with loggias on both sides.
• The tower in north west was in red sandstone, rising
through 7 stages to a height of 45.