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INDIA; New Delhi; Red Fort (Lal Qila), Diwan-i-Am, the Hall of Public Audience, distant view
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INDIA; New Delhi; Red Fort (Lal Qila), Diwan-i-Am, the Hall of Public Audience, distant view
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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
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