Diu

Indo-Muslim and Portuguese History, Urban Fabric and Architecture

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The ex-Portuguese Island of Diu – a once strategic maritime gateway to the bay of Cambay, Gujarat, India – features in the corpus of Portuguese history and literature, but a comprehensive study of the island was lacking. Mehrdad and Natalie Shokoohy, known for surveying little-known historic sites in India, present the study of the built environment of Diu in conjunction with the contemporaneous Indian histories in Arabic and Persian, resulting in a fresh view of Indian Ocean commerce and conquest. Extensive surveys of the Fort, the Town and the Island, include the epigraphy, fortifications, urban fabric, mosques, shrines, churches, monasteries, water infrastructure and the Zoroastrian Fire Temple and Towers of Silence. Fragmentary Hindu and Jain archaeological remains are also noted.
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2025
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14 Oct 2024
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12 Nov 2024
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Mehrdad Shokoohy, Ph.D., D.Sc., is Emeritus Professor, University of Greenwich. In 2001 he was awarded the prestigious degree of Doctor of Science by Heriot-Watt University and Edinburgh College of Art for his pioneering work in the field of South Asian studies.
Natalie H. Shokoohy, Ph.D. (2005), is an architectural historian specializing in little-researched sites in India and Nepal. With Mehrdad Shokoohy she has published numerous articles and scholarly books, aiming to record fragile historic urban environments for posterity.
Transliteration Table of Arabic and Persian
Abbreviations

1 Introduction

2 From Obscure Village to Emporium
 A Historical Outline
 1 Muslim Diu
 2 The Portuguese and the Sultanate of Gujarat
 3 Portuguese Diu and the Mughal Court

3 The Portuguese Fort
 1 Earlier Sketches and Plans
 2 Layout, Fortification Walls and Bastions
 3 Water Supply
 4 Buildings within the Fort

4 The Town of Diu, Its Layout and Historic Edifices
 1 Pre-Islamic and Sultanate Diu
 2 Early Engravings and Town Plans
 3 The Muslim Town: Its Layout and Its Citadel
 4 Mosques
 5 The Portuguese Town
 6 Churches, Monasteries and Street Shrines
 7 Living Environment: Residential Houses

5 The Zoroastrian Legacy in Diu
 1 The Fire Temple
 2 The Dakhmas (Towers of Silence)
 3 The Dakhmas at Diu
 4 Overview

6 The Island of Diu, Its Architecture and Historic Remains
 1 1859 Map of the Island of Diu
 2 The Small Portuguese Forts
 3 Muslim Monuments
 4 Modern and Mediaeval Roads and Waterworks
 5 Fudam
 6 Naida
 7 Vanakbara (Brancavará)
Appendix: Inscriptions of Diu
 A Catalogue of Existing and Reported Inscriptions in Chronological Order with Texts and Translations
 Undated Inscriptions
Bibliography
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University, reference and architecture libraries; scholars and practitioners in architecture, conservation, urban design, water management, military architecture, history and culture of the Indian Sub-continent, and of Muslim and Portuguese India.
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