History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c26.s5.7

v2.c26.s5.7

The oldest mosque at Jaunpur is that of Ibrâhîm Nâib Bârbak the general of Fîrûz Shâh Tughlaq, in the fort, which we learn from an inscription on it, was completed in A.D. 1377.² It is not large—externally 130 ft. north and south—and consists of a central block of masonry, with a large archway, of the usual style of the Muhammadan architecture of the period, and five openings between pillars on either hand. The front row of these pillars is double, they are of various designs, the outer pillars being square and the inner round, and richly sculptured,