ID: 700090003 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700090003	Record Type: Built Work

Hiran Minar (watchtower; Patron: Akbar; 1572-1575 CE; Mughal (Akbar r....; Fatehpur Sīkri (Uttar Pradesh, Bhārat, Asia, World, To...; )

Titles:

Hiran Minar (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

watchtower [300134522] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>, towers (single built works))

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1572-1575 CE; Mughal (Akbar r. 1556-1605)

Creator Display:

Patron: Akbar [preferred,CAA-AIIS]

patron Akbar I, Emperor of Hindustan (Mughal emperor of India, 1542-1605) [500522571]

Locations:

Current: Fatehpur Sīkri [1075269] (Geographic)

Address Note: +27.09866547, +77.66264484;

Display Materials: red sandstone, lime mortar

	ferruginous sandstone [300011398]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, sandstone, <sandstone by composition or appearance>)

	lime mortar [300014748]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, filler (inert additive), mortar (filler), <mortar by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: platform: 72'x27'x9'-10" tower height: 70'

Events:

protected status: Archaeological Survey of India (Agra Circle)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Mughal [300018939] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Islamic World| The, Islamic (culture or style), Islamic Indian)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works

Sources and Contributors:
Hiran Minar	........ [VP,CAA-AIIS]
	........ AIIS, Grand Trunk Road project (2023-2025) Ragini Singh
	........ Havell, A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighborhood (1904) 125

Subject: ....... [VP,CAA-AIIS]

....................... AIIS, Grand Trunk Road project (2023-2025) Ragini Singh

....................... Havell, A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighborhood (1904) 125