The Jama Masjid on the AMU campus, seen in the distance
Source: http://community.webshots.com/photo/111478/1378026eQkCIadObl
(downloaded Dec. 2004)
A painting of the same scene by Martin Yeoman
Source: http://www.waterman.co.uk/pages/single/380.html
(downloaded Dec. 2004)
"Martin Yeoman b.1953. Jami Masjid, Aligarh. Oil on paper. 8¼
x 14¾ ins. The central mosque of Aligarh Muslim University, founded
in 1875 as the Muslim Anglo-Oriental College by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. The
university buildings are a delightful fusion of Oxbridge and madrasah."
Inside the courtyard of the masjid
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sophuda/87774764/
(downloaded Sept. 2006)
In the masjid complex is Sir Sayyid's simple tomb
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/83626281@N00/186784568/
(downloaded Feb. 2008)
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