Sunday 11 March 2012

TOMB OF DARYA KHAN


THE TOMB OF DARYA KHAN                       (GBSTNV)




-date-1526A.D.
-stands on raised platform
-dedicated to darya khan-an employer in the court of sultan mahmud 2
-faced with red masonary and decorated with coloured enamels
-domes-small-at 4 corners surrounding the main dome
             -remind of tomb of hoshang shah ,but here dome
              is rather clumsy
-plan-square
-hall-with arches built across the corners to support the
       dome
-arches-sets with blue tiles
-NOTE-beautiful stone trellis-work fitted into the walls-use-to admit light and air
-as there are many ruined buildings ,once containing gardens and other pleasure houses.

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