Editing Architecture of India (section)

==== Deccan Sultanates ====
Dawood Shah of Bahamani Sultanate ruled for very short amount of time in 1378 but invented a new style of tomb, comprising two similar, domed structures on a single basement, a style not seen anywhere outside [[Gulbarga|Kalaburagi]]. [[Taj ud-Din Firuz Shah|Firuz Shah]] who died in 1422 copied the double-chambered style but made his tomb much simpler. The black basalt door jambs reminiscent of temple pillars, the recessed arches bearing stucco floral work, arches bearing stucco floral work, and the [[Chhajja|chajjas]] borne on brackets that resemble those found in temples all become common features in later Bahmani architecture. Rangin Mahal in [[Bidar Fort]], built by [[Ali Barid Shah I|Ali Barid Shah]] in the 1500s. While the beautiful tile mosaics on some of its walls and the luminescent mother-of-pearl inlays on black basalt are Persian in style, its carved wooden pillars and brackets are clearly derived from local residential architecture.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-27|title=Alluring Bahmani architecture|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/spectrum/spectrum-top-stories/alluring-bahmani-architecture-749973.html|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190630/https://www.deccanherald.com/spectrum/spectrum-top-stories/alluring-bahmani-architecture-749973.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:IBRAHIMROZA FULL.jpg|left|thumb|Burial place of [[Ibrahim Adil Shah II]]]]
The main architectural activities for the [[Barid Shahi dynasty|Barid Shahi]] rulers were building garden tombs. The tomb of Ali Barid Shah (1577) is the most notable monument in [[Bidar]].{{sfn|Yazdani|1947|p=152}} The tomb consists of a lofty domed chamber, open on four sides, located in the middle of a Persian four-square garden. The ''Rangin Mahal'' in Bidar, built during the reign of Ali Barid Shah, is a complete and exquisitely decorated courtly structure. Other important monuments in Bidar from this period are the tomb of Qasim II and the Kali Masjid.<ref name="michell_77">Michell, George & Mark Zebrowski. Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates (The New Cambridge History of India Vol. I:7), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999, {{ISBN|0-521-56321-6}}, p. 14 & pp. 77–80.</ref>
[[File:Tombs beside Tomb of Fatima Khanam 2.jpg|thumb|Tombs beside Tomb of Fatima Khanam]]
Amongst the major architectural works in the [[Bijapur Sultanate]], one of the earliest is the unfinished [[Jama Mosque, Bijapur|Jami Masjid]], which was begun by Ali Adil Shah I in 1576. It has an arcaded prayer hall, with fine aisles, and has an impressive dome supported by massive piers. One of the most impressive monuments built during the reign of [[Ibrahim Adil Shah II|Ibrahim II]] was the [[Ibrahim Rauza|Ibrahim Rouza]] which was originally planned as a tomb for queen Taj Sultana, but was later converted into the tomb for Ibrahim Adil Shah II and his family. This complex, completed in 1626, consists of a paired tomb and mosque.

Notable buildings of the [[Bahmani Sultanate|Bahmani]] and [[Deccan sultanates]] in the Deccan include the [[Charminar]], [[Makkah Masjid, Hyderabad|Mecca Masjid]], [[Qutb Shahi tombs]], [[Mahmud Gawan Madrasa|Madrasa Mahmud Gawan]] and [[Gol Gumbaz]].<ref name="michell_77" />{{Sfn|Haig|1907|p=209-216}}The greatest monument in Bijapur is the [[Gol Gumbaz]], the mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah, which was completed in 1656, and whose hemispherical dome measures {{convert|44|m}} across.

One of the earliest architectural achievements of the Qutb Shahi dynasty is the [[Golconda|fortified city of Golconda]], which is now in ruins. In the 16th century, [[Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah]] decided to shift the capital to [[Hyderabad]], {{convert|8|km}} east of Golconda. Here, he constructed the most original monument in the Deccan, the [[Charminar]], in the heart of the new city.<ref name=":0" /> This monument, completed in 1591, has four minarets, each {{convert|56|m}}.