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15th-century place of learning, now a mosque, in Bidar, Karnataka, India The Mahmud Gawan Madrasa is a former madrasa , now mosque , in partial ruins, located in Bidar , in the state of Karnataka , India. It was completed in 876 AH (1471/1472 CE ) and is an example of the regional style of Indo-Islamic architecture under the Bahmani Sultanate . Founded by the prime-minister of the sultanate in the late 15th century, it bears testimony to the scholarly genius of Mahmud Gawan , who first came to Delhi, in exile, as a Persian trader from Gilan in Iran and moved to Bidar in 1453. Mahmud reportedly built the madrasa with his own money and it functioned like a residential university which was built and maintained on the lines of Madrasa of Khurasan . The imposing and spacious building of the institution is considered as an architectural gem and an important landmark of Bidar. The structure is a Monument of National Importance , administered by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) since 1914. In 2014, UNESCO placed the building on its "tentative list" to become a World Heritage Site , under the name Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate . A Textbook of Medieval Indian History . Archaeological Survey of India . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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The Madrasa of Mahmud Gawan (Madrasa-e-Mahmud Gawan) is an ancient university located in Bidar - the City of Whispering Monuments . This heritage structure is placed under the list of monuments of national importance . Founded by the prime-minister of the Bahamani empire in the late 15th century, it bears testimony to the scholarly genius of Mahmud Gawan, who first came to Delhi as a persian trader (in exile) from Gilan in Iran and moved to Bidar in 1453. Mahmud reportedly built the madrasa with his own money and it functioned like a residential University which was built and maintained on the lines of Madrasa of Khurasan . The imposing and spacious building of the institution is considered as an architectural gem and an important landmark of Bidar .
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The Madrasa of Mahmud Gawan (Madrasa-e-Mahmud Gawan) is an ancient madrasa or Islamic college in Bidar , Karnataka , India.It was built in the 1460s and is an example of the regional style of Indo-Islamic architecture under the Bahmani Sultanate . This heritage structure is placed under the list of monuments of national importance . Founded by the prime-minister of the Bahamani empire in the late 15th century, it bears testimony to the scholarly genius of Mahmud Gawan, who first came to Delhi as a Persian trader (in exile) from Gilan in Iran and moved to Bidar in 1453. Mahmud reportedly built the madrasa with his own money and it functioned like a residential University which was built and maintained on the lines of Madrasa of Khurasan . The imposing and spacious building of the institution is considered as an architectural gem and an important landmark of Bidar .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
15th-century place of learning in Karnataka, India The Madrasa of Mahmud Gawan is a madrasa or Islamic college in Bidar , Karnataka , India. It was built in the 1460s and is an example of the regional style of Indo-Islamic architecture under the Bahmani Sultanate . This heritage structure is placed under the list of monuments of national importance . Founded by the prime-minister of the sultanate in the late 15th century, it bears testimony to the scholarly genius of Mahmud Gawan , who first came to Delhi as a Persian trader (in exile) from Gilan in Iran and moved to Bidar in 1453. Mahmud reportedly built the madrasa with his own money and it functioned like a residential University which was built and maintained on the lines of Madrasa of Khurasan . The imposing and spacious building of the institution is considered as an architectural gem and an important landmark of Bidar . The building is one of those put by UNESCO on its "tentative list" to become a World Heritage Site in 2014, under the name Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate (despite there being a number of different sultanates).
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ancient university located in bidar - the city of whispering monuments
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former madrasa
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