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Identifier	gic-200801-188
Title	INDIA; New Delhi; Red Fort (Lal Qila), Diwan-i-Am, the Hall of Public Audience, distant view
Creator	Shah Jahan (planner, commissioner)
Country	India
State or Province	Delhi (Union Territory)
City	New Delhi
Date of Original Construction	1638-1648
Description	Distant view, Diwan-i-Am, the Hall of Public Audience, Red Fort. Also known as Lal Qila, Fort Rouge and Red Fort of Agra. The Red Fort was the palace for Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's new capital, Shahjahanabad, the seventh Muslim city in the Delhi site. The Red Fort stands at the eastern edge of Shahjahanabad, and gets its name from the massive wall of red sandstone that defines its four sides. The wall is 1.5 miles (2.5 km) long, and varies in height from 60ft (16m) on the river side to 110 ft (33 m) towards the city. Measurements have shown that the plan was generated using a square grid of 82 m. The Khas Mahal is the pavilion of imperial apartments in the palace of the Red Fort of Delhi. It is the third pavilion from the south, in the row of palatial pavilions that stands along the eastern edge of the fort. To its south lies the large zenana, the Rang Mahal, and to its north is the Diwan-i-Khas, the hall of private audience. The Khas Mahal is relatively small, and divided into four main parts. On the south, facing the Rang Mahal, is the Baithak, or sitting room, which is a veranda painted in lavish white and gold floral patterns, with accents in blue and green. Three chambers make up the bedroom suite, or khwabgah. On its eastern side, overlooking the fortress wall is the Mussaman Burj (or Burj-i Tila), an octagonal tower from which the emperor showed himself to the people in a daily ritual. The tower is also the point from which the emperor would observe spectacles performed below. To the north of the khwabgah is the Tasbih Khana, or the 'place for telling beads', for private prayer by the emperor. This room is separated from the khwabgah by a delicate perforated screen, below which the Nahr-i-Behisht runs. Above the screen is a gilt relief showing the scales of justice surrounded by floral ornamentation. Mughal period. (archnet.org)
Date Photographed	1972
Language	eng
Source	35mm slide
Subject	Architecture, Mughal -- India -- Delhi Architecture, Islamic -- India -- Delhi Fortification -- India -- Delhi Palaces -- India -- Delhi Lal Qila/Red Fort (Delhi, India) Delhi (India) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Type	Still Image
Format	JPG
Rights Statement	All Rights Reserved, DePaul University Library
Collection	Geographic Image Collection
Repository	Digital Collections, DePaul University Library, Chicago IL 60614 USA; http://library.depaul.edu