History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c26.s5.2

v2.c26.s5.2

IT was just two centuries after the conquest of India by the Moslims that Khwâja-i-Jahân, the Sûbahdâr or governor of the province in which Jaunpur¹ is situated, assumed independence, and established a dynasty which maintained itself for nearly a century, from A.D. 1394 to about 1479, and though then reconquered by the sovereign of Delhi, still retained a sort of semi-independence till finally incorporated in the Mughal empire by the great Akbar. During this period Jaunpur was adorned by several large mosques, three of which still remain tolerably entire, and a considerable number of tombs, palaces and other buildings, besides a fort and bridge, all of which are as remarkable specimens of their class of architecture as are to be found anywhere in India.