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Decoration
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(CC) Photo: Bo Jayatilaka
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Floral carving on red sandstone at the Mosque.
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(CC) Photo: Rita Willaert
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Comparable carving on white marble at the Mausoleum demonstrating the colour and carving hierarchy and the relative importance of the two buildings.
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(CC) Photo: Rita Willaert
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Panel detail of the Mausoleum
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(CC) Photo: Greg Younger
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Spandrel parchin kari work on one of the pishtaqs
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(CC) Photo: Jane Ellen
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Strong geometric designs play a role throughout the complex furthering the Islamic tradition, here seen on the mausoleum's dado
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(CC) Photo: Jane Ellen
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Scale of dado
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(CC) Photo: skipthebudgie.org
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Inlaid Calligraphic inscription of the Qur'an at the Mausoleum
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Parchin kari
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(CC) Photo: Rachel Hendrick
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Precious and semi-precious stones set into marble to create floral designs in the Mausoleum
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Domes
Mausoleum
Jawab and Mosque
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(CC) Photo: Mark Biggar
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View inside the Jawab.
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Great Gate
Garden
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(CC) Photo: Anne Guillaume
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Southern galleries of the garden.
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Great Gate
Jilaukhana
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(CC) Photo: David Yerga
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Bazaar in the Jilaukhana street, showing the cusped arches and column capitals typically of Shah Jahani architecture.
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Mausoleum
Minaret
Moonlight garden
Outside the walls
Painting
Towers
Waterworks