*Siddi Sayyid's mosque: carved stone window; a photo by Bourne and Shepherd, 1870's* (BL)


*A larger early photo, undated, of the same window*

Source: ebay, Mar. 2007


*Carved stone window in Seedee Syed's Mosque. Dimension 10ft x 7ft, Ahmedabad; a photo by Charles Lickfold, 1880's* (BL); also:
*Perforated or carved (whichever you like to call it) stone window in Seedee Syed's Mosque, Ahmedabad* [*Lickfold, 1880's 2*]


These two elaborate windows are set into relatively plain walls

Source: http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/people/students/branner05/btrincia/India-Ahmedabad_01.htm
(downloaded Dec. 2005)


The view from inside

Source: http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/people/students/branner05/btrincia/India-Ahmedabad_01.htm
(downloaded Dec. 2005)


A very large view of the window above, as seen from the inside

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemorris/298657638/
(downloaded Mar. 2007)



 


A close view of the other window, from the outside

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/payalvora/898653392/
(downloaded Apr. 2008)


The details of the tree in the window just above

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ayan_ghosh/430102308/
(downloaded Mar. 2007)


*Today, the mosque is surrounded by modern buildings*

Source: http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/19756/limit/recent
(downloaded Apr. 2008)


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