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ORTHODOXY, INNOVATION, AND REVIVAL: CONSIDERATIONS OF THE PAST IN IMPERIAL MUGHAL TOMB ARCHITECTURE

ORTHODOXY, INNOVATION, AND REVIVAL: CONSIDERATIONS OF THE PAST IN IMPERIAL MUGHAL TOMB ARCHITECTURE ORTHODO:XX INNOVATION, AND REVIVAL: CONSIDERATIONS OF THE PAST IN IMPERIAL MUGHAL TOMB ARCHITECTURE Between 1606 and 1608 Mughal architects committed a blunder of monumental proportions. Working in th e absence of their imperial patron, they constructed a royal tomb considered so inappropriate that when th e e m pe ro r first saw it he immediately ordered its d estruction. In the words of th e e m pe ro r Jahangir, it "d id not co m e up to my id ea of what it ought to be."! The stru cture that had risen at Sikandra, one stage out of th e Mughal capital Agra on th e road to Delhi, was intended to se rve as the tomb ofJahangir's father, the radical but long-serving emperor Akbar who had died in October 1605. The problems beg an almost as soon as work co mm enced. In April 1606, Jahangir's son Khusraw rebell ed and headed off towards Lahore, leaving the new emperor with no option but to follow in hot pursuit. Perhaps because Jahangir h ad once rebelled against his own father, Khusraw escaped fata l punishment when captured th e following month near Lahore. Jahangir http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Muqarnas Online Brill

ORTHODOXY, INNOVATION, AND REVIVAL: CONSIDERATIONS OF THE PAST IN IMPERIAL MUGHAL TOMB ARCHITECTURE

Muqarnas Online , Volume 10 (1): 323 – Jan 1, 1992

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Brill
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Copyright 1992 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0732-2992
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2211-8993
DOI
10.1163/22118993-90000320
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ORTHODO:XX INNOVATION, AND REVIVAL: CONSIDERATIONS OF THE PAST IN IMPERIAL MUGHAL TOMB ARCHITECTURE Between 1606 and 1608 Mughal architects committed a blunder of monumental proportions. Working in th e absence of their imperial patron, they constructed a royal tomb considered so inappropriate that when th e e m pe ro r first saw it he immediately ordered its d estruction. In the words of th e e m pe ro r Jahangir, it "d id not co m e up to my id ea of what it ought to be."! The stru cture that had risen at Sikandra, one stage out of th e Mughal capital Agra on th e road to Delhi, was intended to se rve as the tomb ofJahangir's father, the radical but long-serving emperor Akbar who had died in October 1605. The problems beg an almost as soon as work co mm enced. In April 1606, Jahangir's son Khusraw rebell ed and headed off towards Lahore, leaving the new emperor with no option but to follow in hot pursuit. Perhaps because Jahangir h ad once rebelled against his own father, Khusraw escaped fata l punishment when captured th e following month near Lahore. Jahangir

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Published: Jan 1, 1992

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