Bijapur and Its Architectural Remains : With an Historical Outline of the Adil Shahi Dynasty

Contents: I. Historical Outline of the \'Adil Shahi Dynasty\': 1. Yusuf \'Adil Shah. 2. Isma\'il \'Adil Shah. 3. Mallu \'Adil Shah. 4. Ibrahim \'Adil Shah I. 5. Ali \'Adil Shah I. 6. Ibrahim \'Adil Shah II. 7. Muhammad \'Adil Shah. 8. Ali \'Adil Shah II. 9. Sikandar \'Adil Shah. II. Description of the City: 1. General aspect. 2. Nauraspur. 3. Goa selected by Yusuf as his capital. 4. Seven villages absorbed in the city of Bijapur. 5. The Citadel. 6. The Anand, \'Adalat, Sona, Suraj Dhobi, Sejadah or Sat Khandi, Sikka Pani, \'Arsh Sat Manzil, Chini and Dad Mahalls. 7. The Citadel walls and inscriptions. 8. The city walls. 9. The guns. 10. The Malik-i-Maidan. 11. The Landa Qassab. 12. The Nimat Burj. 13. The Faringi Burji. 14. The Mustafabad gun. 15. The \'Ali Sunda, and Upri Burjs. 16. The city gates. 17. The Makka gate. 18. Malik Sandar. 19. The Fath, Allahpur and Shahpur gates. III. Bijapur Architecture: 1. Bahmani monuments. 2. Hindu influence. 3. The real building period of Bijapur. 4. Ibrahim\'s busy reign. 5. Nature of Bijapur architectural remains. 6. Bijapur styles. 7. Comparison with the Taj Mahall. 8. Limited material. 9. Domes. 10. Pendentives.

IV. The Monuments of Bijapur (Early Remains): 1. Early buildings. 2. Old minars. 3. Hindu columns. 4. Chalukyan inscriptions. 5. Karim-ud-din\'s mosque. 6. Khwajah Jahan\'s mosque. V. The Monuments of Bijapur (Adil-Shahi): 1. Asen Beg\'s mosque. 2. The Dakhanj Idgah. 3. Ibrahim\'s old Jami Masjid and Ikhlas Khan\'s mosque. 4. Rangin Masjid. 5. Mosque No. 213. 6. Mosque No. 207. 7. \'Ain-ul-Mulk\'s mosque and tomb. 8. Tomb of \'Ali Adil Shah I. 9. Ibrahimpur mosque. 10. The Gagan Mahall. 11. The Jami Masjid. 12. Kishwar Khan\'s tomb. 13. Mosque and tomb of Hazart Sayyid \'Ali Shahid Pir. 14. The Sat Manzil. 15. The Jalamandir. 16. The "Mint". 17. Bijapur China. 18. The Chhota Athar. 19. The Haidariyyah Masjid. 20. Malikah Jahan Begam\'s mosque. 21. The Kali Masjid at Lakshmeswar. 22. The Bukhari Masjid. 23. The Ibrahim Rauza. 24. Malik Sandal. 25. Malik Sandal\'s mosque. 26. The Anand Mahall. 27. The Anda Masjid. 28. The Mausoleum of Shaikh Hamid Qadiri and Latifullah Qadiri. 29. Batula Khan\'s mosque. 30. Par Khan\'s mosque. 31. Mosque No. 231. 32. Haji Hasan\'s tomb. 33. Nauraspur. 34. The Mihtar Mahall. 35. The Shahpur mosques. 36. The Zumurrud Masjid. 37. The Kamraki Gumbaz, The Nau Gumbaz. 38. The Athar Mahall. 39. The Jahaz Mahall. 40. Mustafa Khan\'s mosque and palace. 41. Sarai. 42. Afzal Khan\'s cenotaph. 43. Afzal Khan\'s wives\' tombs. 44. The Gol Gumbaz. 45. Jahan Begam\'s tomb at \'Ainapur. 46. Mobarak. 47. Khan\'s Mahall. 48. Green-stone sarcophagus. 49. Tomb of \'Ali \'Adil Shah II. 50. The \'Arsh and Pani Mahalls. 51. The Makka Masjid. 52. Tomb of Shah Nawaz Khan. 53. Yaqut Dabuli\'s mosque and tomb. 54. The tombs of Khan Muhammad and Abdul Razzaq Qadiri (The Jod Gumbaz). 55. The Gorak imlis or execution trees. 56. The tombs of Hazrat Sayyid Karim Muhammad Sahib and Hazart Sayyid \'Abdul Rahman. 57. Allah Babu\'s mosque and tomb. 58. The Chinch Diddi Masjid. 59. The Mulla Masjid. 60. The Dhalwadi Masjid. 61. The Amin Dargah and Hashim Pir\'s tomb. 62. The Daulat Kothi. 63. The \'Ainapur Mahall. 64. Ambar Khans. 65. Grave of Sikandar \'Adil Shah.

VI. The Water-works of the City: 1. The general distribution, water towers, pipes, etc. 2. The Taj Bauri. 3. The Chand Bauri. VII. The Pavilions at Kumatgi: 1. Wall paintings. 2. Ruins of a bazar. 3. Water-works. VIII. The Coinage of Bijapur: 1. A quantity of copper coins found at Bijapur of thhe \'Adil Shahi dynasty. 2. References to Bijapur coinage. 3. Silver wire coins, known as larins. 4. Gold coins found at Bijapur. 5. Gold coins of Muhammad Shah. IX. Old Bijapur Sanads: 1. Fabrication of false sanads. 2. Letter from the Bijapur King to the Emperor of Delhi. 3. A sanand of Sultan Muhammad. 4. A petition for the restoration of land that had been alienated. 5. A grant of Aurangzeb. 6. An order of \'Ali Adil Shah II. 7. A grant of leave of absence. 8. A petition from certain Arabs for Royal Grant-in-aid. 9. A marriage proposal. 10. A letter from Aurangzeb. 11. A letter from Shah Jahan\'s court. 12. The King of Bijapur styled "Khan".