Architecture as A Celebration of Multi-Culturalism

Author: Shaukat Mahmood, ?Zuraini Denan, ?Shireen Jahn Kassim
Publisher: IIUM Press
ISBN: 9789674183363
Weight: 0.25kg
Pages: 105pp
Year: 2014
Price: RM60

Fatehpur Sikri, Agra, India, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has been the subject of various scholarly articles and books in the past. This book represents a revisit to this famous complex as a constant reminder of a multi-cultural and multi-faith stance of the Mughal civilization in general and a hallmark of Akhbar’s reign and philosophy of leadership in particular. One is constantly reminded of the possibilities of human and cultural coexistence – unity within multiplicity-where traditions from different religions, world views, and backgrounds come together. It is this distinctive balance and equipoise between different worlds and cultures that embody Fatehpur Sikri.