Pathan - Dariya Khan Gumbad - Largest Dome of the Gujarat State

DARIYA KHAN DOME, The Largest Dome in Gujarat and THE SECOND LARGEST DOME IN INDIA,
Situated in The Historical City Ahmedabad.
It was built in 1453 whilst the city was the capital of the thriving sultanate of Gujarat.
The majority of tombs of the period in Gujarat are built using
local post and lintel or trabeate methods of construction in yellow sandstone.
This tomb differs in two ways: first, it is built using baked brick; and secondly,
its architects chose to use true arches and domes according to arcuate
methods to create a cavernous interior in which the cenotaph is housed
with a surrounded arcaded verandah with five entrances on each of the four sides.
The use of the arch and dome was imported to South Asia from Islamic lands to the west.
It is likely that Darya Khan was himself an immigrant from Persia,
where such methods of construction were more familiar,
who required that his own tomb be built in a style in keeping with those of his homeland.
He is also attributed with the construction of a mosque using similar arcuate methods.

References :
MIRAT-E-SIKANDARI
MIRATE AHMADI
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC SULTANATE OF GUJARAT
Cultured History of Gujarat
History of AHMEDABAD

Videography By :
Mohsin Ali Warsi
Umar Kapadia

Editing By :
Mohsin Ali Warsi

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