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 270 INDIAN SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE. BOOK VII. of the courtyard with its great gateway not having been even commenced when the dynasty was overthrown. Even as it is, it is one of the finest mosques in India. As will be seen from the plan (Woodcut No. 411), it would have been, if completed, a rectangle of 331 ft. by 257 ft. The 411. Plan of the Jami' Masjid, Bijapur. Scale 100 ft. to i in. mosque itself is perfect, and measures 257 ft. by 145 ft., and consequently covers about 37,000 sq. ft. It consequently is in itself just about equal to the mosque at Kulbarga ; but this is irrespective of the wings, which extend 186 ft. beyond, so that, if - completed, it would have covered about 85,000 sq. ft.