Jaunpur Sharqi ensemble

The Sharqi Sultanate ensemble at Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh — a distinctive North Indian pre-Mughal Islamic architecture of the independent Jaunpur Sharqi Sultanate (ruled 1394-1479). The complex includes the Atala Masjid (built 1408 by Ibrahim Shah Sharqi), the Jama Masjid (1470, Hussain Shah Sharqi), the Lal Darwaza Masjid (1430s), and the Khalis Mukhlis Masjid. The Jaunpur Sharqi mosque architecture is distinct from the Delhi Sultanate's Khalji-Lodi tradition — featuring tall massive gatehouses (propylaea) above the central mihrab, Hindu-sultanate pillar-and-trabeate construction, and no domes (unlike other Delhi-tradition mosques of the same period). The Sharqi style was deliberately distinct from Delhi's and reflects the political autonomy of the breakaway Sultanate. ASI protection since 1904. UNESCO tentative list since 2014 as part of the Monuments of Jaunpur serial nomination.