Architectural features of Jami Masjid in Gulbarga.

1. JAMI MASJID
PROVINCIAL STYLE
(GULBARGA)

2. Basic info:
Built By: Bahamani Dynasty
Year Of Completion:Approx.1300s
(74 Years Ago)
Style: Provincial
Location: Gulbarga,
Karnataka
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3. Planning Concept:
Dimensions:
54m
66m
Main points:
Shape: Rectangular
Entrance: North
Mihrab on west end with trefoil arch
No Courtyard
No Minarets
Instead of courtyard arcade of pointed arches.
Domes
Vaulted Barrel Roof Above Bays

4. Domes and barrel vaults:
 80 DOMES:
•1 large dome(west)(abovemihrab)
•4 medium sized (corners)
•75 small domes
 27 Barrel vaulted roofs above bays:
•10 bays on both sides of prayer hall
•7 bays on east end

5. Planning concept :
EXTERIOR
WEST VIEW
ARCADE OF ARCHES
DOME ON CLERESTORY
ENTRANCE (NORTH)
BARREL VAULTS
ALLEY ON TERRACE

6. Planning concept:
INTERIOR
MIHRAB
HUGE DOME
SMALL DOME
7 BAYS WITH ARCHWAYS

7. Ornamentation:
•Pointed arches
•Trefoil Arch : Mihrab And Circling The Huge
Dome
•Interior Archways--“Moorish Stalactite
Pendentive Bracketing”…
(“Moorish”-north African
Stalactite work: also known as “honeycomb
work” or Muqrana)
•Petal detailing on turrets
•Small niches with a little carving

8. Construction technology:
•Material: Stone masonry with lime mortar
•Form:domes And Vaulted Barrel Roofs
•Ventilation: No Courtyard,but Arcade Of
Pointed Arches On Three Elevations
•Huge dome supported with squinches
•Small domes supported by pendatives of archway
•Archways: Low Impost. Wide Span
Dome supported by
pendentives

9. •Acoustic:
oMini ventilators=resonators (reduces echo)
oMaterial=absorption of sound
oConcavity=converges waves(sound audible in all the bays)
SCATTERING OF WAVES
ON FLAT SURFACE
CONVERGENCE OF WAVES ON
CONCAVE SURFACE

10. That’s all.
Thank you.