Memoir on Kotla Firoz Shah/Sirat-i Firoz Shahi, by J.A. Page

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PLATES.


Plate I: Kotla Firoz Shah, Delhi. Bara gateway. General view. South-west.


Plate II: Kotla Feroz Shah: Delhi. Vue D'Oiseau of a Conjectural Reconstruction of the Ruined Citadel (Founded 1354: abandoned c?1490 A.D.) The Restoration suggested below is based on a survey of existing internal evidence, and on the analogy of contemporary erections still extant; e.g. al Qadam Sharif, Khirka Beganpur, et. at Delhi. View from W-S-W.  


Plate III. Kotla FerozShah: Delhi. Perspective View of River Front. Reconstructed on the Existing Internal Evidence and on Analogous Contemporary Structure. November 1919.


Plate IV: Kotla Firoz Shah, Delhi. General view of the mosque after conservation. North-west.


Plate V: Kotla Firozsha, Delhi. View of the Lat Pyramid.


Plate VI. — (Coloured.) Kotla Firoz Shah, Delhi; Illustrations from Sirat-i-Firozshahi —
a. Removing wheels of the cart from one side and tying ropes and pulling up the pillar to place it in the boat.

(a) Removing wheels of the cart from one side and tying ropes and pulling up the pillar to place it in the boat.

b. Arrival of boat with pillar at the bank of the Jamna, near Delhi) tying ropes to the pillar to remove it from the boat and place it on the cart.

(b) Arrival of boat with pillar at the bank of the Jumna (near Delhi), tying ropes to the pillar to remove it from the boat and place it on the cart.

c. The monolith being carried on the ladha (cart) towards the town of Firozabad (Delhi).

(c) The monolith being carried on the ladha (cart) towards the town of Firozabad (Delhi)

d. Arrival of the cart with pillar, in front of the mosque of Firozabad (Delhi).

(d) Arrival of the cart with pillar, in front of the mosque of Firozabad (Delhi).

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS APPEARING IN THE TRANSCRIPT OF SIRAT-I-FIROZSHAHI.


Fig. 1. — Erection of piers and pulleys and tying of ropes, for taking down the stone pillar.


Fig. 2 . — Pasheb on which the stone pillar would rest while taken down.


Fig. 3. — Erection of pulleys and raising the pillar in order to place it on the ladha (cart).


Fig. 4. — Arrival of the ladha with the stone pillar, at the bank of the Jamna river.


Fig. 5. — Constructing the foundations of a structure, 61 yards square thereon to set up the pillar.


Fig. 6. — Building of the first storey and raising the pillar on its top by means of ropes.


Fig. 7. — Plan of the second storey.


Fig. 8. — Raising the pillar two yards at a time, first at one end and then at the other.


Fig. 9. — Third storey of the structure on which the pillar was set up.