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Qila Kuhna Masjid inside Purana Qila. The single-domed Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque, built by Sher Shah in 1541 is an excellent example of a pre-Mughal design and an early example of the extensive use of the pointed arch in the region as seen in its five doorways with the 'true' horseshoe-shaped arches. It was designed as a Jami Mosque or Friday mosque ...
The Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque (Urdu: قلعہ کہنہ مسجد, lit. 'Mosque of the Old Fort'), also known as the Mosque of Sher Shah and the Kila Kohna Masjid, is an Hanafi Sunni, mosque located inside the Purana Qila (lit. ' Old Fort ') of Central Delhi, India. After Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun, he occupied Purana Qila. There, he built the ...
Sher Mandal. Sher Mandal (Sher Shah's Pavilion) is a 16th-century historic Library within the Purana Qila fort located in Delhi, India.Designed in a blend of Indo-islamic, Timurid and Persian architecture, it is the only surviving palace structure within the fort and has become a tourist attraction.
The Khairul Manazil or Khair-ul-Manazil (lit. ' the most auspicious of houses ') is a historical mosque and madrasa built in 1561 in New Delhi, India.The mosque is located opposite Purana Qila on Mathura Road, southeast of Sher Shah Gate.
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The central dome resembles that of the Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque at Purana Qila. The side domes are raised on pillars and resemble pavilions. [3] The single prayer chamber is divided into three bays. [5] The mosque's central bay is made of red sandstone, the side-bays of grey stone. [3]
Sher Shah built several monuments, including Rohtas Fort (now a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Pakistan), many structures in the Rohtasgarh Fort in Bihar, the Sher Shah Suri Masjid in Patna, the Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque inside the Purana Qila complex in Delhi, and the Sher Mandal, an octagonal building also inside the Purana Qila complex, which later ...
Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque in the Purana Qila in Delhi completed; 1541–1544 – Old Hall of Berkhamsted School in England built; 1542 Andrea Palladio completes his first commission at Villa Godi, first of his Palladian villas of Veneto; the neighbouring Villa Piovene is completed at about the same time