Zeenat-ul-Masajid

Zeenat-ul Mosque
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationDaryaganj, Delhi, India
Geographic coordinates28°38′48″N 77°14′42″E / 28.646642°N 77.244920°E / 28.646642; 77.244920
Architecture
Typemosque
StyleMughal architecture
FounderZinat-un-Nissa Begum
Dome(s)3

The Zeenat-ul-Masajid,[1] also written as Zeenat-ul-Masjid and popularly known as the Ghata Masjid (lit.'Cloud Mosque'),[2] is an 18th-century Mughal mosque located in Delhi, India. The mosque was commissioned by Zeenat-un-Nissa, second daughter of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

  1. ^ Masselos, Jim (7 December 2011). Beato's Delhi: 1857 and Beyond. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-93-5118-199-6.
  2. ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2009). "History preserved in names. Delhi urban toponyms of Perso-Arabic origin". Cracow Indological Studies. 11: 62.