The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c30.s1.42

v3.c30.s1.42

To return, however, to the local styles of architecture evolved under the independent Muslim rulers—we have seen, in the case of Bengal, Gujarāt and Mālwa, that their architecture did not take definite shape until their rulers had thrown off their allegiance to Delhi. And we shall find that the same is true of all the local styles. Jaunpur, which is the next centre to claim attention, was founded in 1359–60 by Fīrūz Shāh Tughluq when he was encamped with his armies at Zafarābād, and for a generation afterwards—until Khvāja-i-Jahān assumed independence in 1394—this city constituted a valuable bulwark of the Delhi Empire.