History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c26.s2.9

v2.c26.s2.9

Again 'Alâu-d-Dîn Khalji (1296-1316) projected further extensions: he removed the east wall of Altamsh's court about 155 ft., extending the south wall and its colonnade so as to make the new court 385 ft. from east to west, and constructing the beautiful 'Alâî-Darwâza on that side. Close to this gateway is the small tomb of Imâm Muhammad 'Ali Zâmin, about 24 ft. square, erected about 1535, of sandstone and marble. On the north the Sultân projected doubling the previous court—making it altogether over 700 ft. from north to south, and in this north half he began the 'Alâî Mînâr which was intended to be of double the dimensions of the other; but besides this and the piers for the façade of the extended mosque nothing more seems to have been done in this north extension. 'Alâu-d-Dîn's tomb now in ruins is to the south-west of the enclosure.