October 22, 2019

Delhi Diaries - Old Fort (Mosque)


Qila-i-Kuhna Masjid

Enter from the Bada (literal meaning Big) Darwaza (gate) and walk straight. The first structure one would see is the mosque known as the Qila-i-Kuhana Masjid (or mosque). The name of the mosque literally means the mosque of the old fort. According to the existing records it was a congregational mosque of the fort and its construction has been attributed to Sher Shah Suri with completion date as 1541 AD.















The courtyard has a shallow tank, with a fountain (not functional now).

































































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