Fatehpuri Mosque

The Fatehpuri Mosque, also Fatehpuri Masjid, is a 17th-century Sunni mosque, located at the western end of the oldest street of Chandni Chowk, in the Old Delhi neighbourhood of Delhi, India. The mosque is opposite the Red Fort and, after Jama Masjid, is the second largest mosque in Delhi.^[1]

Fatehpuri Mosque
The mosque façade and entrance, in 2018
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Mosque (1650–1857) Profane use (1857–1877) Mosque (since 1877)
Leadership	Mukarram Ahmad (imam)
Status	Active
Location
Location	Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, Central Delhi
Country	India
Location of the mosque in Central Delhi
Geographic coordinates	28°39′24″N 77°13′21″E
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Mughal
Founder	Fatehpuri Begum (wife of Shahjahan)
Completed	1650
Specifications
Dome(s)	One (maybe more)
Minaret(s)	Two
Spire(s)	Two (maybe more)
Materials	Red sandstone

History

The Fatehpuri Masjid was built in 1650 by Fatehpuri Begum, one of wives of Emperor Shah Jahan, who was from Fatehpur Sikri,^[2] and the mosque at Taj Mahal is also named after her.^[3]

The British auctioned the mosque after the 1857 war to Rai Lala Chunnamal for Rs. 19,000^[4] (whose descendants still live in the Chunnamal haveli in Chandni Chowk^[5]), who preserved the mosque. Later in 1877 it was acquired by the Government in exchange for four villages and was restored to the Muslims at the Delhi Durbar when the British allowed the Muslims back in Old Delhi. A similar mosque, called Akbarabadi Mosque, built by the Akbarabadi Begum, was destroyed by the British.^[6]

The Khari Baoli, which is today Asia's largest spice market, gradually developed after the construction of the mosque.

Mufti Mukarram Ahmad is the chief mufti and hereditary imam of the mosque, succeeding his father, Maulana Mufti Mohammad Ahmad (d. 1391 AH (1971/1972 CE)).

The grave of the wife of Great Freedom Fighter and Muslim leader Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludhianvi is located in the courtyard of the Fatehpuri Mosque.^[7]

Architecture

The mosque is built using red sandstone and has a fluted dome with mahapadma and kalash finials. Flanked by twin minarets, the mosque has a traditional design with the prayer hall having seven-arched openings. The mosque has single and double-storeyed apartments on the sides.^[8]

The central iwan in the middle is flanked by three arches on each side.

Gallery

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  1863 map of Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi). Musjid Futtepoori is south of the Lahauri Gate, in the north.
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  The mosque in 2017
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  Worshippers offering namaz during Idu’l Fitr, 1439 AH (2017/2018CE)
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  The view from the mosque towards the old Delhi market

See also

• India portal
• Islam portal

• Islam in India
• List of mosques in India