HUMAYUN

THE MUGHAL EMPEROR

Amey Sonawane ○ Neel Nazirkar ○ Maitreya Tambat ○ Sharvari Varpe ○ Tanaya Gite
 WHO WAS HUMAYUN ?

• HUMAYUN WAS THE SECOND MUGHAL RULER OF TERRITORIES

IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT INCLUDING WHAT IS NOW
AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, AND PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIA.
• HE WAS THE SON AND SUCCESSOR OF BABUR, THE FOUNDER
OF THE MUGHAL DYNASTY.
• HE BECAME THE MUGHAL EMPEROR AT THE AGE OF 23.
HISTORY

• NAME : Mirza Nasir ud-din Baig Muhammad Khan Humayun

• BIRTH : 6 MARCH 1508
• DEATH :27 JAN 1556
• REIGN : 1530-1540 AND 1555-1556
REIGNS & WARS

• REVOLT OF THEIR BROTHERS AGAINST HIM

• RIVAL KINGS : SHER SHAH SURI, SULTAN BAHADUR

• DEFEATED IN 1540 BY SHER SHAH SURI

• WITH THE AID OF SAFAVID DYNASTY OF PERSIA THE MUGHALS

RECONQUERED THEIR KINGDOM BACK UNDER HUMAYUN IN 1555
CONTRIBUTIONS

• KACHPURA MOSQUE
• TALAQI DARWAZA
• BARA DARWAZA
• HUMAYUN DARWAZA
KACHPURA
MOSQUE
KACHPURA MOSQUE

• IN THE VILLAGE OF KACHPURA IN AGRA ON THE LEFT BANK OF RIVER

YAMUNA
• IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1530
• A BEAUTIFUL FIVE ARCHED STRUCTURE WITH A HIGH IWAN WHICH
CONCEALS THE DOME ON TOP
• DOME IS SUPPORTED ON KITE SHAPED PENDENTIVES AND NET SQUINCHES
• FA\MADE WAS ONCE ADORNED WITH GLAZED TILES
KACHPURA MOSQUE

• IT IS THE COPY OF TIMURID STYLE MOSQUE

• BUILT OF BRICKS AND PLASTERED WITH MORTAR

• USAGE OF DECORATIVE PATTERNS ARE RARE

• IN GENERAL PLAN, IT RESEMBLES BABUR PANIPUT MOSQUE

TALAQI
DARWAZA
TALAQI DARWAZA

• TALAQI WAS A THREE STOREY ROUND IN THE FORM OF THE GATE WITH THE
DEFENSIVE WALLS
• WITH HISTORICAL LONG DOOR
• SIDES OF THE GATE DECORATED WITH LOTUS BUDS
• MAINLY THE GATE WAS DECORATED WITH RED SANDSTONE ARCH OVER THE
CORNER WALLS
• WHITE MARBLE, RED SANSTONE, BLACK STONE, AND COLOURED MARBLES
WERE ALSO USED.
DIN
PANAH
DIN PANAH

• BUILT IN 1533, DELHI

• MASSIVE STONE BASTIONS GUARD THE WESTERN ENTRANCE

• IT HAS AN ARCHED DOORWAY, DWARFED BY ITS THICK FORTY FEET HIGH WALLS

• THERE ARE THREE GATES: NORTH TALAQI GATE, WEST BARA GATE AND SOUTH HUMAYUN
GATE
BARA
DARWAZA
BARA DARWAZA

• WESTERN GATE OF DIN PANAH

• BUILT WITH RED SANDSTONE IN A SIMPLER MANNER
• TOP OF THE GATE IS DECORATED WITH COLORFUL PATTERNS
• THE GATE IS COVERED WITH WHITE MARBLE
• CORNERS ARE ARTICULATED WITH LOTUS BUDS
• BLACK STONE WAS USED FOR DECORATION
• FLORAL PATTERNS ARE MADE WITH BLACK STONE AS DECORATION
HUMAYUN

DARWAZA
HUMAYUN DARWAZA

•SOUTHERN GATE OF DIN PANAH

•COMBINED STYLE OF ABOVE TWO GATES

•INSIDE THE GATE IT CONSISTS OF THREE FLOORS, EACH FLOOR WITH LIVING
ROOM, HALL, CORRIDOR, AND STAIRS CONNECTING THEM

•WALL IS MADE OF CRUSHED STONES

•FINE ART WORK IS OBSERVED HERE

HUMAYUN
TOMB
HUMAYUN TOMB

• ONE OF THE EARLIEST EXAMPLES OF MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE

• CONSTRUCTED BY HIS WIFE HAJI BEGUM, LATER 1556
• SITUATED AT THE SOUTH OF THE PURANA QILA, EASTERN DELHI
• SET IN THE CENTER OF THE GARDEN IN THE CLASSICAL MUGHAL CHAR
BAGH GARDEN
• A HIGH WALL SURROUNDS THE GARDEN ONTHREE SIDES
• THE GARDEN IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS BY BISECTING WATER CHANNELS
MUGHAL EMPERORS
MUGHAL
EMPIRE
1530 - 1707
THANK YOU ….