Architecture of the Bahmani and Deccan Sultanates information
Islamic architecture of the Deccan Plateau, India
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Not to be confused with The Architecture of a Deccan Sultanate.
Gateway to Bidar FortMahmud Gawan MadrasaMurud-Janjira Fort builted by Ahmadnagar Sultanate
Deccani architecture, particularly the architecture of the Bahmani and Deccan Sultanates, is the architecture of the Deccan Plateau, and is a regional variant of Indo-Islamic architecture. It was influenced by the styles of the Delhi Sultanate and later Mughal architecture, but sometimes also influenced from Persia and Central Asia. Hindu temple architecture in the same areas had very different styles.
The Bahmani and Deccan sultanates ruled the Deccan Plateau for the majority of the 13th–17th centuries. The Deccan sultanates were five dynasties that ruled late medieval Indian kingdoms, namely the Bijapur, Golkonda, Ahmadnagar, Bidar, and Berar sultanates.
The rulers of the five Deccan sultanates and the Bahmani sultanate had a number of cultural contributions in the fields of art, music, literature and architecture. The Bidar and Golconda forts are examples of the architecture and military planning of the sultanates. Apart from forts, they also constructed many tombs, mosques and madrasas. Gol Gumbaz (tomb of Mohammed Adil Shah), was the second largest dome in the world.[when?]
In 2014, UNESCO put a group of buildings on its "tentative list" to become a World Heritage Site under the name "Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate" (despite there being multiple sultanates). These are:[1]
Bahmani Monuments at Gulbarga, Karnataka
Bahmani and Barid Shahi Monuments at Bidar, Karnataka
Adil Shashi Monuments at Bijapur, Karnataka
Qutb Shahi Monuments at Hyderabad, Telangana
^UNESCO "tentative list"
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