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  "ar": "خان جهان مقبول التلنگاني",
  "en": "Khan-i Jahan Maqbul Tilangani",
  "ur": "خانِ جہاں مقبول تلنگانی"
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  "ar": "وزير فيروز شاه تغلق، كان ينوب عنه في العاصمة إذا خرج إلى الحروب، وتوفي سنة 770هـ/1368، وتنسب إليه سيما خان ابتكار مسقط المسجد ذي الأفنية الأربعة {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 71} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72}.",
  "en": "Vizier of Firuz Shah Tughluq, who governed the capital when the sultan went on campaign and died in AH 770/1368; Seema Khan credits him with devising the four-court mosque plan {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 71} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72}.",
  "ur": "فیروز شاہ تغلق کے وزیر، جو سلطان کی مہمات کے دوران دارالحکومت سنبھالتے تھے اور 770ھ/1368ء میں فوت ہوئے؛ سیما خان چار صحنوں والے مسجد کے نقشے کو ان کی ایجاد مانتی ہیں {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 71} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72}۔"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "نظرة عامة",
     "markdown": "خان جهان مقبول التلنگاني وزير السلطان [[person/firuz-shah-tughluq|فيروز شاه تغلق]]، وكان في الغالب يبقى في العاصمة متوليًا الحكم كلما خرج السلطان إلى غزواته. {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} ويذكر المؤرخ المعاصر شمس سراج عفيف، كما تنقل سيما خان، أنه لم يكن يحسن القراءة والكتابة، لكنه كان وافر الفطنة والذكاء وزينة للبلاط. {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72} وتوفي سنة 770هـ/1368. {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 71}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "صلته بالعمارة",
     "markdown": "يقال إنه بنى سبعة مساجد جامعة في دلهي وحولها، وترى المؤلفة أن المسجد الأسود في نظام الدين ومسجد خركي ربما خُطِّطا في حياته وبدئ ببنائهما قبل وفاته، وأن المسجد الأسود قريب من ضريحه الذي بدأه هو في نظام الدين. {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 71} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72} وتنسب إليه، تبعًا لر. ناث، ابتكار المسقط ذي الأفنية الأربعة الصغيرة الذي يقي المصلين حر الشمس وسيول المطر، وتذكر أنه اختار لضريحه المسقط المثمن بدل المربع المعتاد. {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 54} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 73} وتنبه إلى أن تشابه هذا المسقط مع مساقط بعض المعابد الهندية لا يقوم عليه دليل على الاقتباس. {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Khan-i Jahan Maqbul Tilangani was vizier to Sultan [[person/firuz-shah-tughluq|Firuz Shah Tughluq]] and mostly stayed in the capital in charge of the government whenever the sultan went on campaign. {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} The contemporary historian Shams Siraj Afif, as Seema Khan reports him, says that he could not read or write but was a man of great common sense, acumen and intelligence and an ornament to the court. {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72} He died in AH 770/1368. {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 71}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "As a builder",
     "markdown": "He is said to have built seven congregational mosques in and around Delhi, and the author thinks the Kali Masjid at Nizamuddin and the Khirki Masjid may have been planned by him and begun before his death, the Kali Masjid standing close to his own tomb at Nizamuddin, which he also began. {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 71} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72} Following R. Nath, she credits him with devising the plan of four small inner courts, which shielded worshippers from sun and rain, and notes that he chose an octagonal plan for his tomb in place of the usual square. {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 54} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 73} She adds that the resemblance of the four-court plan to some Indian temple plans is no evidence that he borrowed from them. {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "جائزہ",
     "markdown": "خانِ جہاں مقبول تلنگانی سلطان [[person/firuz-shah-tughluq|فیروز شاہ تغلق]] کے وزیر تھے اور سلطان جب بھی مہم پر جاتے تو عموماً دارالحکومت میں رہ کر حکومت سنبھالتے۔ {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} ہم عصر مؤرخ شمس سراج عفیف، جیسا کہ سیما خان نقل کرتی ہیں، کہتے ہیں کہ وہ پڑھنا لکھنا نہیں جانتے تھے مگر بڑی سمجھ بوجھ، ذہانت اور فراست کے مالک اور دربار کی زینت تھے۔ {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72} وہ 770ھ/1368ء میں فوت ہوئے۔ {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 71}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "معماری میں",
     "markdown": "کہا جاتا ہے کہ انہوں نے دہلی اور اس کے آس پاس سات جامع مسجدیں بنوائیں، اور مصنفہ کا خیال ہے کہ نظام الدین کی کالی مسجد اور کھڑکی مسجد شاید ان کی زندگی میں منصوبہ بنیں اور ان کی وفات سے پہلے شروع ہوئیں؛ کالی مسجد نظام الدین میں ان کے اپنے مقبرے کے قریب ہے جو انہوں نے ہی شروع کیا۔ {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 71} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72} آر۔ ناتھ کی پیروی میں وہ چار چھوٹے اندرونی صحنوں والے نقشے کو، جو نمازیوں کو دھوپ اور بارش سے بچاتا تھا، ان کی ایجاد مانتی ہیں، اور لکھتی ہیں کہ انہوں نے اپنے مقبرے کے لیے عام مربع کے بجائے ہشت پہلو نقشہ چنا۔ {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 54} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 73} وہ یہ بھی کہتی ہیں کہ چار صحنوں والے نقشے کی بعض ہندوستانی مندروں سے مشابہت اس بات کی دلیل نہیں کہ یہ ان سے لیا گیا۔ {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 53} {cite:seema-khan-mosque-architecture-firuzshah-tughlaq-2011 p. 72}"
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