Jama Masjid

Masjid-i Jahān-Numā

Jami Mosque

Delhi, Delhi, India

India

ca. 1650-1656

17th century

Architecture and City Planning

mosques

religious buildings

Mughal

Indian

Red sandstone & white marble

interior view

Conceived as the largest mosque of the Indian subcontinent (later surpassed by Aurawgzib's Jami mosque in Lahore), the Jami mosque of Delhi was built as the congregational mosque of Shah Jahan's new city of Shahjahanabad. Located on a high ridge near Shah Jahan's palace-fort (now known as the Red Fort), the mosque is raised on a high plinth and approached by steep flights of steps on the north, east and south sides. The prayer chamber has a prominent central portal, and is surmounted by three bulbous white marble domes and framed with towering minarets. Prayer hall: 27x61 m

courtyard: 100 m sq.

Saif Haq

Saif Haq

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