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" Bayana - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Shokoohy, Mehrdad
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AL
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English
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1060970
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ALei1367
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Shokoohy, Mehrdad
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Shokoohy, Natalie H.
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Bayana - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Shokoohy, Mehrdad
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(2,326 words)
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Bayana (Bayāna, 26.92° N, 77.30° E, in Rajasthan, India) held a strategic position on the route from Delhi to Gwalior and the Deccan. That position, combined with a formidable fort and natural and agricultural resources (from sandstone to sugar and indigo), made it, despite its harsh desert environment, a prized possession of its mediaeval Hindu rulers and attracted the attention of the Turkic conquerors of India. Its architectural style, distinct from that of Delhi, applied old beam-and-bracket structural forms to the abundant local red sandstone, but
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Islam.
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ALei1367.pdf
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