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had to be re-measured and re-drawn. This work was entrusted to 

 the architectural assistant of the North- West Provinces survey, Mr. B. 

 "W. Smith, who conducted a very careful survey in 1886 and 1887. 



The report on " The Sharqi Architecture of Jaunpur, with notes 

 on Zafarabad, Sahet-Mahet, and other fplaces in the North- 

 Western Provinces and Oudh," appeared in 1889.* The bulk of 

 the letter-press was by Dr. Fiihrer, and the architectural descriptions 

 were by Mr. Smith, while Dr. Burgess acted as controlling Editor. 

 To the manuscript of his report Dr. Fiihrer added a bulky appendix 

 of 46 Arabic, Persian, and Sanscrit inscriptions collected during 

 his tour. Many of these were unknown before, and some were of 

 great historical importance, especially in settling the question of the 

 time of the first appropriation of the ancient Buddhist and Hindu 

 temples by the Muhammadans. 



Jaunpur possesses much historical interest, as along the banks of 

 the Barna are the sites of large cities, destroyed by fire. On the 

 G-umti stood vast temples which perished on the first inroad of 

 the Musalmans ; but what founders and what antiquity these cities 

 and temples boasted none can now say. The chief attractions of 

 Jaunpur are its masjids, which are unique in style and grandeur, 

 their general features being exemplified by those of the AtalaMasjid, 

 which, consists of a courtyard, on the western side of which is 

 situated a range of buildings, the central one covered by a dome, 

 in front of which stands a gate-pyramid or propylon of almost 

 Egyptian character and outline. The three sides of the courtyard 

 were surrounded by colonnades, and on each side was a handsome 

 gateway. " These Jaunpur examples are well worthy of illustration, 

 " and in themselves possess a simplicity and grandeur not often met 

 " with in this style. "f 



Dr. Fiihrer remarks of this town : — 



" If in a visit to Jaunpur there be melancholy, yet is that melancholy free from pain. 

 You stand amid ruins, but ruins defiled by no painful memories. Not here does each 

 building recall centuries of blood, and lust, and crime. From the pinnacles of the Jami 

 masjid you look down on the ghost of a noble city : trees growing where once stood 

 the palaces of princes. From the mound of the Fort, now so desolate, you look down 

 on the fair valley, bright with the meanderings of the Gumti, adorned with trees and 

 the thickly set tombs of men, many, doubtless, heroic men, though their deeds be 

 forgotten, quia carent vate sacro. As you look down from the upper chambers into 

 the central hall of the Jami masjid, when, as the evening draws on, the deepening gloom 



* 'With 74 plates ; printed and published by the Superintendent of Government 

 Printing, India. Calcutta (Thacker); London (Triibner and Allen), 1889. 



| Fergusson : — History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, pp. 522-524. 



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