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Emperor Humayun's Garden Tomb

Jali

Jali

Jali is a "pierced carved stone screen."1 "Strategically placed sandstone and marble screens illuminate the tomb's rooms and control access to various parts of Humayun's Tomb."2

Jali screens can be found in railings on the West Gate, the South Gate, the tomb's plinth terrace. the tomb's balconies, and on the tomb's roof pavilions. Jali screen openings can be found on the West Gate, the South Gate, the Barber's Tomb, Humayun's Tomb's plinth, and Humayun's Tomb's facades.


1. Catherine B. Asher, Architecture of Mughal India (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992), xxvii.

2. Glenn Lowry, "Humayun's Tomb: Form, Function, and Meaning in Early Mughal Architecture," Muqarnas 4, (1987): 135.

Illustrations

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Jali Mihrab Seen on the Southwestern Ancillary Chamber's Western Facade
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Western Iwan's Mihrab's Jali Pattern
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An Intricate Splintered Jali Mihrab Shadow

Additional Information

A formal bibliography is posted on the outline page.
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