Mahmud Gawan Madrasa

Karnataka · India

Mahmud Gawan Madrasa, India
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This 1472 college in Bidar was a leading centre of Islamic scholarship, its towering façade once clad in brilliant Persian tilework. Though a stroke of lightning ruined one minaret, patches of turquoise tile still glow on the walls.

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