Fatehpuri Mosque
| Country | India  |
|---|---|
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Delhi |
| Coordinate location | 28°39′24″N 77°13′21″E |
De Fatehpuri Mosque, sanso be Fatehpuri Masjid, be a 17th-century Sunni mosque, wey dey locate for de western end of de oldest street of Chandni Chowk, insyd de Old Delhi neighbourhood of Delhi, India. De mosque dey opposite de Red Fort den, after Jama Masjid, be de second largest mosque insyd Delhi.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]Na dem build de Fatehpuri Masjid insyd 1650 by Fatehpuri Begum, one of wifeys of Emperor Shah Jahan, wey na she be from Fatehpur Sikri,[2] wey na dem sanso name de mosque for Taj Mahal after am.[3]
Na de British auction de mosque after de 1857 war to Rai Lala Chunnamal for Rs. 19,000[4] (whose descendants still dey live insyd de Chunnamal haveli insyd Chandni Chowk[5]), wey preserve de mosque. Later insyd 1877 na ebe acquired by de Government in exchange for four villages wey na dem restore am to de Muslims for de Delhi Durbar wen de British allow de Muslims back insyd Old Delhi. A similar mosque, dem call Akbarabadi Mosque, wey de Akbarabadi Begum build, na de British destroy am.[6]
De Khari Baoli, wich today be Asia ein largest spice market, gradually develope after de construction of de mosque.
Mufti Mukarram Ahmad be de chief mufti den hereditary imam of de mosque, dey succeed ein poppie, Maulana Mufti Mohammad Ahmad (d. AH 1391 (1971/1972 CE)).
De grave of de wifey of rebel leader Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludhianvi dey locate insyd de courtyard of de Fatehpuri Mosque.[7]
Architecture
[edit | edit source]Na dem build de mosque wey dem use red sandstone wey e get a fluted dome plus mahapadma den kalash finials. Flank by twin minarets, de mosque get a traditional design plus de prayer hall get seven-arched openings. De mosque get single den double-storeyed apartments for de sides.[8]
De central iwan insyd de middle be flanked by three arches for each side.
Gallery
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1863 map of Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi). Musjid Futtepoori be south of de Lahauri Gate, insyd de north.
De mosque insyd 2017
Worshippers wey dey offer namaz during Idu’l Fitr, AH 1430
De view from de mosque towards de old Delhi market
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References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Roy, Ishita (8 March 2024). "What the monuments in Delhi remember". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ↑ Nath, R. (2006). History of Mughal Architecture. Abhinav Publications.
- ↑ Muʻīn al-Dīn, Muḣammad; Muʻīn al-Dīn, Akbarābādī Muḣammad (1905). The History of the Taj and the Buildings in Its Vicinity: With 3 Illustrations from Photographs and 2 Plans. Moon Press.
- ↑ "Fatehpuri Shahi Masjid: A mute witness to the travails of Dillee". Milli Gazette. 1 May 2000.
- ↑ "Beyond the WALL". The Hindu. 25 September 2003. Archived from the original on 7 November 2003. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ↑ "In memory of a pious Begum". The Hindu. 3 October 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-06-28.
- ↑ "Punjab mosque opens for prayers after 74 years". www.awazthevoice.in (in American English). Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ↑ Singh, Dr Aradhana (2023). "Monumental Legacy of Mughal Women" (PDF). Samvedna. V (2). India: maitreyi.ac: 33. ISSN 2581-9917. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
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