Khirki Mosque

Khirki Mosque
Main (East) Entrance Gate
Religion
AffiliationIslam
DistrictSouth Delhi
Year consecrated14th century
StatusMonument
Location
LocationKhirki Village, Delhi
MunicipalityMCD
StateDelhi
CountryIndia
Khirki Mosque is located in Delhi
Khirki Mosque
Shown within Delhi
Khirki Mosque is located in India
Khirki Mosque
Khirki Mosque (India)
Geographic coordinates28°31′53″N 77°13′11″E / 28.5315°N 77.2197°E / 28.5315; 77.2197
Architecture
Architect(s)Khan-i-Jahan Junan Shah
TypeMosque
StyleTughluqid,Indo-Islamic architecture
Completed1351-54
Specifications
Length52 m (170.6 ft)
Width52 m (170.6 ft)
Dome(s)81
Minaret(s)Four, one each corner
MaterialsRubble Masonry

Khirki Mosque, approached from the Khirki Village in South Delhi and close to the Satpula or the seven arched bridge on the edge of southern wall of Jahanpanah (the fourth city of Medieval Delhi), was a mosque built by Khan-i-Jahan Junan Shah, the prime minister of Feroz Shah Tughlaq (1351–1388) of the Tughlaq Dynasty.[1] The word 'Khirki' prefixed to mosque is an Urdu word that means "window" and hence is also called "The Mosque of Windows".[2][3][4]

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