Turkish Sultana's House
Though
some people suggest that this building near Anup Talao was the home of two
turkish queens of Akbar called Salima Sultan Begum and Ruqayya Begum, Turkish
Sultana's House is too small for being a residential building. It is more
probably the 'Hujra-I-Anup Talao, mentioned by Badauni, a pleasure pavilion
attached to the pond and might have been used by the Turkish queens for this
purpose. The pavilion has square piers. It is connected to the ground floor of
the Khwabgah complex through a colonnaded verandah and has a portico in the
west. Both the verandah and portico has a stone screen with latticework.
Intricately carved like wood, this building is also known as 'superb jewel casket'and each of its stone slab has a different design such as arabesque designs on the pillars of verandah and bell shaped, floral and herring-bone carvings on the brackets supporting the roof. The dado panels depict scenes of forests and gardens. There are animal motifs and swastik patterns too
Intricately carved like wood, this building is also known as 'superb jewel casket'and each of its stone slab has a different design such as arabesque designs on the pillars of verandah and bell shaped, floral and herring-bone carvings on the brackets supporting the roof. The dado panels depict scenes of forests and gardens. There are animal motifs and swastik patterns too
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