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Founded on the banks of the Gomti River by Feroze Shah Tughluq (or Tughlaq) at the end of the 14th century, it became an important trading center. Two other Muslim dynasties succeeded the Tughluq (Sharqi and Lodi). Then Jaunpur was annexed by the Mughals in the early 16th century.
Today, the city still has 80% Muslims, which makes it a quiet and friendly city, without religious fanaticism and supremacism.
The style of the pre-mogul Islamic dynasties is monumental and austere. Remarkably, since their arrival in India, Muslims have shown remarkable and indisputable superiority over previous arrivals, with the exception of Buddhists. Not only by their architectural mastery (they introduced the arches and domes unknown until then in India) which allowed them to build stone mosques of extraordinary proportions, by their talent of refined chiseling on stone, by their superior artistic taste for simple beauty refusing overload and bariolage, but also because, from the beginning, showing great openness, they proved capable (much more than Hindus conservative of the archaic style «nagara») to create a composite art, incorporating Islamic and Hindu elements. The most remarkable example of the Indo-Islamic genius in Jaunpur is the Atala Masjid, founded by Firoz Shah Tughluq in 1376 AD, an impressive miracle of beauty and technical skill. The presence of a hammam in the Shahi fort also testifies to the great refinement of their civilization.
Founded on the banks of the Gomti River by Feroze Shah Tughluq (or Tughlaq) at the end of the 14th century, it became an important trading center. Two other Muslim dynasties succeeded the Tughluq (Sharqi and Lodi). Then Jaunpur was annexed by the Mughals in the early 16th century.
Today, the city still has 80% Muslims, which makes it a quiet and friendly city, without religious fanaticism and supremacism.
The style of the pre-mogul Islamic dynasties is monumental and austere. Remarkably, since their arrival in India, Muslims have shown remarkable and indisputable superiority over previous arrivals, with the exception of Buddhists. Not only by their architectural mastery (they introduced the arches and domes unknown until then in India) which allowed them to build stone mosques of extraordinary proportions, by their talent of refined chiseling on stone, by their superior artistic taste for simple beauty refusing overload and bariolage, but also because, from the beginning, showing great openness, they proved capable (much more than Hindus conservative of the archaic style «nagara») to create a composite art, incorporating Islamic and Hindu elements. The most remarkable example of the Indo-Islamic genius in Jaunpur is the Atala Masjid, founded by Firoz Shah Tughluq in 1376 AD, an impressive miracle of beauty and technical skill. The presence of a hammam in the Shahi fort also testifies to the great refinement of their civilization.
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