Caption

The Queen's Mosque in Mirzapoor.- Base of the Northern Minaret, Base of a minaret of the Rani Rupamati Mosque in Ahmedabad, photograph, page, number: '29.', inscription: 'I', photographer: Thomas Biggs, Ahmedabad (city), c. 1856 - in or before 1866, Thomas Biggs, photographer, Gujarat, paper, albumen print, height 189 mm x width 136 mm, temple, shrine, Islam, Mohammedanism, column, pillar, architecture, Rani Rupamati Mosque, A close view of a carved stone architectural facade showing a tall ornate pillar and an adjoining entrance section with decorative columns and a recessed dark doorway; the pillar surface is covered in layered horizontal bands and rectangular panels with intricate relief patterns and lattice-like circular motifs, and the entrance lintel and surrounding frieze display repeated ornamental borders and carved floral and geometric details; the lower part of the structure rests on a stepped base with rounded mouldings and bracket-like supports beneath the projecting platform, while the ground in front appears sandy and uneven.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B09_255

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Keywords

Queen's Mosque Mirzapoor.- Base Northern Minaret Base minaret Rani Rupamati Mosque Ahmedabad photograph page number 29 inscription I photographer Thomas Biggs city c 1856 - 1866 Gujarat paper albumen print height 189 mm x width 136 mm temple shrine Islam Mohammedanism column pillar architecture close view carved stone architectural facade showing tall ornate pillar adjoining entrance section decorative columns recessed dark doorway pillar surface covered layered horizontal bands rectangular panels intricate relief patterns lattice- circular motifs entrance lintel surrounding frieze display repeated ornamental borders carved floral geometric details lower part structure rests stepped base rounded mouldings bracket- supports beneath projecting platform ground front sandy uneven