Khairul Manazil

Khairul Manazil or Khair-ul-Manazil (Hindi: खैर-उल-मनाज़िल, lit. 'the most auspicious of houses') is a historical mosque built in 1561 in New Delhi, India. The mosque is situated in the opposite of Purana Qila on Mathura Road, south east to Sher Shah Gate. The gateway of the mosque was made by red sandstone following Mughal architecture, but the inside structure of the building was made in Delhi Sultanate pattern.[1]

Khairul Manazil
खैर-उल-मनाज़िल
Location
LocationNew Delhi, India
Architecture
TypeMosque
CreatorMaham Anga
Completed1561

History

This mosque was built by Maham Anga who was Emperor Akbar's wet nurse cum foster mother. It is stated that in 1564, Akbar was attacked near the mosque by an assassin while he was returning from Nizamuddin Dargah. Later it was used as Madrasa.[2] Presently the building is under protection of Archaeological Survey of India.[1]

The epigraphy in Persian carved on the marble plaque above the arch of the central gate is a chronogram penned by Emperor Akbar's court historian and poet Maulana Shihabuddin Ahmad Khan (Pen name: Baazil) who is also accredited as the composer of the eulogy on the tombstone of Amir Khusrau at the shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin, some two hundred and ten years after Khusrau's death. The letters forming the words "Khairul Manazil" in Arabic when translated in their numeric equivalent by the rule of ٲٻڄݚ and summed up to give the numerals of Hijri year 969 equivalent to 1561 AD.[3]

References
  1. "Driving past Khairul Manzil". indianexpress.com. 26 April 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. R.V. Smith. "Gateway to medieval era". thehindu.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  3. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan "Asaar-us-sanadeed"

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