Dictionary of islamic architecture

See also:
Fatehpur Sikri, Taj Mahal
Further reading:
C.Ascher, ‘The Mughal and post-Mughal periods’, in 
The
Islamic Heritage of Bengal,
G.Michell, Paris 1984.
H.Crane, ‘The patronage of Zahir al-Din Babur and the
origins of Mughal architecture’, 
Bulletin of the Asia
Institute
NS 1: 95–110, 1987.
S.Crowe, S.Haywood and S.Jelicoe, 
The Gardens of
Mughal India,
London 1972.
Z.A.Dessai, ‘Mughal architecture in the Deccan’, in
History of Medieval Deccan: 1295–1724
2,
ed. H.K.
Sherwani and P.M.Joshi, Hyderabad 1974, 305–14.
J.Dickie, ‘The Mughal garden: gateway to paradise’,
Muqarnas
3: 128–37, 1985.
A.N.Khan, 
The Hiran Minar and Baradari Shaikhpura: A
Hunting Resort of the Mughal Emperors,
Lahore 1980.
I.A.Khan, ‘New light on the history of two early Mughal
monuments of Bayana’, 
Muqarnas
6: 55–82, 1990.
W.G.Klingelhofer, ‘The Jahangari Mahal of the Agra
Fort: expression and experience in early Mughal
architecture’, 
Muqarnas
5: 153–69, 1988.
E.Koch, 
Mughal Architecture,
Munich 1991. —— 
The
Hunting Palaces of Shah Jahan
(forthcoming).
G.D.Lowry, ‘Humayun’s Tomb: form, function and
meaning in early Mughal architecture’, 
Muqarnas
4:
133–48, 1987.
K.K.Muhammad, ‘The houses of the nobility in Mughal
India’, 
Islamic Culture
60(3): 81–104, 1986.
R.Nath, 
History of Mughal Architecture (i) (Babur to
Humayun),
New Delhi 1982.
—— 
History of Mughal Architecture (ii) (Akbar),
New
Delhi 1982.
S.Parihar, 
Mughal Monuments in the Punjab and the
Haryana,
New Delhi 1985.
G.H.R.Tillotson, 
The Rajput Palaces: The Development of an
Architectural Style 1450–1750,
New Haven, Conn., and
London 1987.
—— 
Mughal India,
Architectural Guides for Travellers,
London 1990.
F.Watson, 
A Concise History of India,
London 1979.

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muhtasib
A municipal officer responsible for public morals and
regulation of markets.
An important duty of the muhtasib was the supervi-
sion of building construction which involved
regulation and inspection of materials. The uniform
size of materials used in construction was ensured
by the use of wooden templates which were kept in
the mosque. The muhtasib was also responsible for
checking mould boxes used for baked bricks and
mud bricks to check that these were not distorted.
Raw mud bricks were not allowed to be used until
they had whitened. Also the muhtasib ensured that
builders kept stockpiles of the correct spare materials
such as bricks for lining wells, floor bricks, and fire
bricks for ovens.