Ahmad Lahori
Also recorded as Ahmad Lahori Mi'mar · Master Ahmad of Lahore
Ahmad Lahori
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- Born
- 1580
- Died
- 1649
- Nationality
- Mughal Empire
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- Taj Mahal · Red Fort
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1580
Ahmad Lahori was born in 1580.
1649
Ahmad Lahori died at Old Delhi.
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- 1.Curl, James Stevens. Ahmad, Ustad. Oxford University Press. 2006. 978-0-19-860678-9.
- 2.Balasubramaniam, R. New insights on architects of Tāj. Indian Journal of History of Science. National Institute of Sciences of India. 44. 3. 391. 2009. 2454-9991.
- 3.Kanwar, H. I. S. Ustad Ahmed Lahori. Islamic Culture. Islamic Culture Board. 48. 11–32. 1974. 0021-1834.
- 4.Necipoğlu, Gülru. The Topkapi Scroll: Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture. Getty Publications. 155. 1996-03-01. 978-0-89236-335-3.
- 5.American Philosophical Society. Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit Series A. 1. 39. 1970.
- 6.Dadlani, Chanchal. Histories of Ornament: From Global to Local. Princeton University Press. 183. 2016. 9780691167282.
- 7.Khan, I. N. Black Taj Mahal: The Emperor's Missing Tomb. Black Taj Project. 38. 2015. 978-81-927479-0-3.
- 8.Taj Mahal Description and Profile (Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor) UNESCO.org website, Retrieved 17 November 2021
- 9.Begley, Wayne E. Taj Mahal - The Illumined Tomb. University of Washington Press. 65. 1989. 978-0-295-96944-2.
- 10.Asher, Catherine Ella Blanshard. The New Cambridge History of India, Vol I:4 - Architecture of Mughal India. Cambridge University Press. 212. 1992. 0-521-26728-5.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Begley, Wayne E. Four Mughal Caravanserais Built during the Reigns of Jahangir and Shah Jahan. Muqarnas Volume I: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. Yale University Press (Newhaven). 167–180. 1983.
- Koch, Ebba. The Complete Taj Mahal: And the Riverfront Gardens of Agra. Thames & Hudson Ltd. 288 pages. 2006. 0-500-34209-1.
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2 children are recorded: Ataullah Rashidi and Lutfullah Muhandis.
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