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ID: 700002955
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002955
Record Type: Built Work
Jama Masjid (mosque (building); unknown architect, built by Shahjahan, Emperor of India (Mug...; 1650-1656; Delhi (Delhi, Bhārat, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hierarc...;)
Note: Name translates to "mosque commanding the world view."
Titles:
Jama Masjid (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Masjid-i-Jahanuma (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Masjis-i-Jahan Numa (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
mosque (building) [300007544] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1650-1656

Creator Display:
unknown architect, built by Shahjahan, Emperor of India (Mughal emperor, ca. 1592-1666) [preferred,VP]
patron Shahjahan, Emperor of India (Mughal emperor, ca. 1592-1666) [500245103]
Locations:
Current: Delhi [7001535] Delhi territory (union territory), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 28°39′3″N 77°13′59″E
Display Materials: black and white marble
marble (rock) [300011443]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: unavailable
Cultures:
Islamic Indian (preferred)
Mughal

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)
religion and mythology (purpose)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures
Sources and Contributors:
Jama Masjid........ [JPGM,VP]
........ Kaminsky and Long, India Today (2011) 374-375
Masjid-i-Jahanuma........ [VP]
........ Kaminsky and Long, India Today (2011) 374-375
Masjis-i-Jahan Numa........ [VP]
........ Gupta, Encyclopaedia of India (2006) 1087
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
....................... Kaminsky and Long, India Today (2011) 374-375
....................... Gupta, Encyclopaedia of India (2006) 1086
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Kaminsky and Long, India Today (2011) 374-375
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