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  "ar": "الأثر الإيراني في العمارة الهندية الوسيطة",
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  "ar": "فصل لسيد علي نديم رضوي (2002) يرى أن العمارة الهندية الإسلامية، ولا سيما المغولية، اقترضت كثيراً من الأشكال والمخططات والجماليات الإيرانية والتيمورية ودمجتها بالعناصر المحلية {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.127} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.140}.",
  "en": "A chapter by Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi (2002) arguing that Indo-Islamic and especially Mughal architecture borrowed heavily from Iranian and Timurid forms, plans and aesthetics and synthesised them with indigenous elements {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.127} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.140}."
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   "source": "Rezavi 2002, printed pp. 127-149",
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    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "«الأثر الإيراني في العمارة الهندية الوسيطة» فصل كتبه [[person/syed-ali-nadeem-rezavi|سيد علي نديم رضوي]] في كتاب «تراث مشترك: نمو الحضارات في الهند وإيران» الذي حرره [[person/irfan-habib|عرفان حبيب]] ونشرته جمعية مؤرخي عليكره ودار تولِكا سنة 2002م. {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.127} ويرى المؤلف أن العمارة الهندية الإسلامية اقترضت كثيراً من التقاليد الإيرانية والما وراء نهرية والهندية الإقليمية، وأن الاقتراض اشتد بعد قيام الدولة المغولية. {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.127}"
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     "heading": "الحجة",
     "markdown": "يقسم رضوي الأثر إلى أشكال (عناصر معمارية وزخرفية)، ومخططات تناسب وظيفة البناء، وجماليات. {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.127} ففي سلطنة دلهي اتبع جامع قوة الإسلام (نحو 1197م) مخطط الجامع السلجوقي ذي الإيوانات الأربعة مع تعديلات، واتبع ضريح التتمش (1236م) تقاليد القبر المربع المقبب. {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.127} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.128} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.129} وفي العصر المغولي جاء بابر بمعماريين إيرانيين، منهم الأستاذ مير ميرك غياث الهروي، وأدخل [[concept/chaharbagh|الجهاربغ]]، وانتشرت [[concept/chahartaq|الجهارطاق]] والقبو الخراساني، ونظام العقد واللوح، والبوابة العالية، و[[concept/hasht-bihisht-plan|المخطط التساعي]] الذي بلغ ذروته في [[building/humayun-tomb|ضريح همايون]] وتاج محل. {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.129} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.132} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.133} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.138}"
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     "heading": "خلاصته",
     "markdown": "يختم رضوي بأن المعماريين الهنود، ولا سيما المغول، اقترضوا كثيراً من إيران، لكن جمال العمارة المغولية جاء من دمج ذلك بذكاء مع العناصر المحلية، وأن تاج محل أحسن شاهد على هذا التوليف؛ وهذا رأيه. {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.140}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "\"Iranian Influence on Medieval Indian Architecture\" is a chapter by [[person/syed-ali-nadeem-rezavi|Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi]] in *A Shared Heritage: The Growth of Civilizations in India and Iran*, edited by [[person/irfan-habib|Irfan Habib]] and published by the Aligarh Historians Society and Tulika in 2002. {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.127} The author holds that Indo-Muslim architecture borrowed heavily from Iranian, Transoxanian and regional Indian traditions, and that the borrowing grew much heavier after the Mughal dynasty was founded. {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.127}"
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     "heading": "The argument",
     "markdown": "Rezavi sorts the influence into idiomatic forms (architectonic and decorative), axiomorphic plans suited to a building's purpose, and aesthetics. {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.127} Under the Delhi Sultanate the Quwwat al-Islam mosque (c. 1197) followed the Seljuq four-iwan plan with modifications, and the tomb of Iltutmish (1236) the tradition of the square domed tomb. {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.127} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.128} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.129} Under the Mughals, Babur brought Iranian architects, among them Ustad Mir Mirak Ghiyas of Herat, and introduced the [[concept/chaharbagh|chaharbagh]]; the [[concept/chahartaq|chahartaq]] and Khurasanian vault, the arch-and-panel system, the high portal and the [[concept/hasht-bihisht-plan|nine-part plan]] spread, the last culminating in [[building/humayun-tomb|Humayun's tomb]] and the Taj Mahal. {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.129} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.132} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.133} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.138}"
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     "heading": "Conclusion",
     "markdown": "Rezavi concludes that Indian, and especially Mughal, architects borrowed heavily from Iran, but that the beauty of Mughal architecture came from synthesising these borrowings intelligently with indigenous elements, best seen in the Taj Mahal; this is his view. {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.140}"
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    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "«قرونِ وسطیٰ کے ہندوستانی فنِ تعمیر پر ایرانی اثر» [[person/syed-ali-nadeem-rezavi|سید علی ندیم رضوی]] کا ایک باب ہے جو [[person/irfan-habib|عرفان حبیب]] کی مرتبہ کتاب «مشترکہ ورثہ: ہندوستان اور ایران میں تہذیبوں کی نشوونما» میں ہے، جسے علی گڑھ ہسٹورینز سوسائٹی اور تولکا نے 2002ء میں شائع کیا۔ {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.127} مصنف کی رائے ہے کہ ہند اسلامی فنِ تعمیر نے ایرانی، ماوراء النہری اور علاقائی ہندوستانی روایات سے بہت کچھ لیا، اور مغل سلطنت کے قیام کے بعد یہ اخذ بہت بڑھ گیا۔ {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.127}"
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     "heading": "دلیل",
     "markdown": "رضوی اس اثر کو اشکال (تعمیری و آرائشی)، عمارت کے مقصد کے موافق نقشوں، اور جمالیات میں تقسیم کرتے ہیں۔ {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.127} سلطنتِ دہلی میں مسجد قوۃ الاسلام (تقریباً 1197ء) نے ترمیم کے ساتھ سلجوقی چار ایوانی نقشہ اپنایا، اور التتمش کا مقبرہ (1236ء) مربع گنبد دار مقبرے کی روایت پر بنا۔ {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.127} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.128} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.129} مغل دور میں بابر ایرانی معمار لائے، جن میں ہرات کے استاد میر میرک غیاث تھے، اور [[concept/chaharbagh|چہار باغ]] متعارف کرایا؛ [[concept/chahartaq|چہار طاق]] اور خراسانی قوس، محراب اور تختی کا نظام، بلند دروازہ اور [[concept/hasht-bihisht-plan|نو حصوں والا نقشہ]] پھیلے، اور آخری [[building/humayun-tomb|ہمایوں کے مقبرے]] اور تاج محل میں عروج کو پہنچا۔ {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.129} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.132} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.133} {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.138}"
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     "heading": "نتیجہ",
     "markdown": "رضوی کا نتیجہ ہے کہ ہندوستانی، خصوصاً مغل، معماروں نے ایران سے بہت کچھ لیا، مگر مغل فنِ تعمیر کا حسن اسے مقامی عناصر سے ذہانت کے ساتھ ملانے سے آیا، جس کی بہترین مثال تاج محل ہے؛ یہ ان کی رائے ہے۔ {cite:rezavi-iranian-influence-indian-architecture-2002 p.140}"
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