Pp.24+108, 44 original full page size line Illustrations, 58 Original Arabic & Persian Inscriptions of Delhi, 5 Appendices and tables

This is English translation of Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan’s famous Urdu work on the monuments of Delhi, the ATHAR-AL-SANADID, which was first published in the year 1846. It dealt with nearly 160 Monuments of Delhi built between 1192 and 1846. Sayyid Ahmed’s original scheme has been simplified to be useful to the reader and the work has been made uptodate with comprehensive notes and references; 44 of Mirza Shah Rukh Beg Musawwir’s Original Drawings, printed through woodcuts, have also been reproduced. Original inscriptions which Sayyid Ahmed had collected assiduously and some of which are no longer extant have also been reproduced. Ahmed’s chronology and architectural narrative have been repaired and, as needed in an English translation, correct technical architectural terms have been substituted.

Contents-

PART -I

1. Fortresses and Cities of Sultanate Period
2. Shahjehan’s Red Fort and Shahjehanabad

PART – II

3. Monuments of the Ilbaris and the Khaljis (1192-1325)
4. Monuments of the Tughluqs (1325-1411)
5. Monuments of the Sayyids, the Lodis, Early Mughals
(Babur and Humayun) and the Surs (1411-1555)
6. Monuments of the Mughal Period (Akbar 1556-1605)
7. Monuments of the Mughal Period (Jehangir to Aurangzeb,
1605-1707)
8. Monuments of the Post-Aurangzebian Period (1707-1846)