Lutfullah Muhandis

Lutfullah Muhandis was a Mughal era mathematician and historian.^[1]

Biography

He was the second son of the architect Ustad Ahmad Lahori and brother of Ataullah Rashidi. His book Diwan-e-Muhandis discusses the artistic and architectural achievements of his father.^[1] He was also a well-known mathematician, with a practical treatise on geometrical shapes in his credit.^[2]^[3] He was also involved in architecture and completed projects in Mandu and Peshwar as well as several commissions for Dara Shikoh.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Khan, Nasir Raza (2023-06-09). Islam in India: History, Politics and Society. Taylor & Francis. pp. 112–114. ISBN 978-1-000-89869-9.
^ Necipoğlu, Gülru (1996-03-01). The Topkapi Scroll: Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture. Getty Publications. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-89236-335-3.
^ Yasin, Mohammad; Yasin, Madhvi (1988). Reading in Indian History. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. p. 89.
^ Chanchal Dadlani (2016). "Innovation, Appropriation, and Representation: Mughal Architectural Ornament in the Eighteenth Century". In Gülru Necipoglu; Alina Payne (eds.). Histories of Ornament: From Global to Local. Princeton University Press. p. 381. ISBN 9780691167282.

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[s-1] Khan, Nasir Raza (2023-06-09). Islam in India: History, Politics and Society. Taylor & Francis. pp. 112–114. ISBN 978-1-000-89869-9.

[o-2] Necipoğlu, Gülru (1996-03-01). The Topkapi Scroll: Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture. Getty Publications. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-89236-335-3.

[f-3] Yasin, Mohammad; Yasin, Madhvi (1988). Reading in Indian History. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. p. 89.

[4] Chanchal Dadlani (2016). "Innovation, Appropriation, and Representation: Mughal Architectural Ornament in the Eighteenth Century". In Gülru Necipoglu; Alina Payne (eds.). Histories of Ornament: From Global to Local. Princeton University Press. p. 381. ISBN 9780691167282.

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