Teen Darwaza

Teen Darwaza (1866)

Teen Darwaza (around 1885)

Teen Darwaza (2018)

The Teen Darwaza ( Gujarati : ત્રણ દરવાજા = " three- gate "; English Tripolia Gate ) is a three-arched gate at Bhadra Fort in the city of Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat . It is one of several gates of Islamic architecture with a clearly recognizable ancient European triumphal arch scheme , but the first in India. Together with other historical buildings in the city, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

history

The Teen Darwaza was built a few years after the independence of the Sultanate of Gujarat , which was founded in 1407 and until then dependent on the Sultanate of Delhi . The client was Sultan Ahmed Shah I (r. 1411–1442), the founder of the city of Ahmedabad (1411). It was completed in 1415.

architecture

The Teen Darwaza is a total of 23.70 m wide, three-arched gate building with three equally high but differently wide passages, which is integrated into the wall of the Bhadra Fort; it led into a forecourt of the fortress. The middle passage is approx. 5.15 m wide, the two side openings are only approx. 3.95 m wide; the height of all three arches is approx. 8.25 m. On the gate there is a battlement with three balcony-like and two window-like openings in the crenellated parapet walls .

The two central gateposts are decorated with decorative, but figure and image-free reinforcements in Hindu style, as they are - significantly richer - also found at the local Friday mosque . The side pillars only have a restrained niche decoration .