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Diwan-i Am (Lal Qila, Delhi, India)


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    • Audience, Hall of (Lal Qila, Delhi, India)
    • Audiences, Hall of Public (Lal Qila, Delhi, India)
    • Diwan-i-Aam (Lal Qila, Delhi, India)
    • Diwani Am (Lal Qila, Delhi, India)
    • Hall of Audience (Lal Qila, Delhi, India)
    • Hall of Public Audiences (Lal Qila, Delhi, India)
    • Public Audiences, Hall of (Lal Qila, Delhi, India)

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    • found: Work cat.: Pillars and cusped arch composition in the Red Fort's Diwan-i-Am, India, 1965-2000, via University of Washington digital collection, International Collections, Mar. 22, 2021.
    • found: World Heritage Site, Red Fort, Delhi, via Archaeological Survey of India website, Mar. 22, 2021(the Diwan-i-ʻAm (hall of public audience) is where the emperor received the general public and heard their complaints)
    • found: Archnet, Mar. 22, 2021(Diwan-i ʻAm; a large pavilion for public imperial audiences at the center of the Red Fort; it is positioned between the public and private parts of the fortress; a hypostyle hall in red sandstone, 9 bays wide and 3 bays deep)
    • found: Vipul, S. Longman vistas 7, via Google books website, Mar. 22, 2021:p. 38 (inside the Lal Qila built by Shah Jahan are several buildings, including the Diwan-i Am, the Diwan-i Khas and the Rang Mahal; in the eastern wall of the Diwani Am is built the throne platform for the emperor having a curved corniced roof)
    • found: Diwan-I-Aam Red Fort Delhi, via LiveIndia website, Mar. 22. 2021(Diwan-I-Aam; Diwan-i-Am pavilion; where Shah Jahan held his daily public audiences) - http://www.liveindia.com/redfort/2.html
    • found: Wikipedia, Mar. 22, 2021:Diwan-i-Am (Red Fort) (The Diwan-i-Am, or Hall of Audience, is a room in the Red Fort of Delhi where the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1656) and his successors received members of the general public and heard their grievances; The Diwan-i-Am consists of a front hall, open on three sides and backed by a set of rooms faced in red sandstone)
    • found: Shah, J. The Red Fort IX--Architecture--Diwan-i-Aam, 2013, via The creativity engine website, viewed Mar. 22, 2021(Diwan-i-Aam (Hall of Public Audiences); Diwan-i-Aam, The Red Fort; here the Emperor would sit on his canopy on a jarokha (balcony) hear disputes from his subjects) - https://thecreativityengine.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/the-red-fort-ix-architecture-diwan-i-aam/
    • found: Marble Throne, Diwan-i-Am, Delhi, via British Library online gallery website, Mar. 22, 2021(the Diwan-i-Am of the Red Fort at Delhi; The Diwan-i-Am was the Hall of Public Audience in the Lal Qila, or Red Fort, the palace citadel built in the 1640s by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (r.1628-1658) in his new capital city, Shajahanabad. The hall was used by the Emperor to make a daily ceremonial appearance during which he heard petitions from his subjects, received visitors and conducted state affairs. The Diwan-i-Am is a red sandstone pavilion, open on three sides, with three aisles of cusped pillared arches once covered with polished white plaster)

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    • 2021-03-22: new
    • 2021-06-23: revised

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