Zeenat-ul Mosque
Delhi, India

The mosque was built during the reign of Awrangzib (r. 1657-1701), by his second daughter Zinat al-Nisa. It stands in Shahjahanabad, south of the Red Fort and overlooking the river Jumna. It is built on a high plinth, and is distinguished by its red and white sriped domes, which rest on constricted drums. The façade is made up of cusped entrance arches on slender piers.


Sources:


Hambly, Gavin, 1970. Cités de L'Inde Moghole Editions Albin Michel Paris.


Asher, Catherine. 1992. The New Cambridge History of India: Architecture of Mughal India. Cambridge University Press, 266-7.

Location

Delhi, India

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Events

1711-12

Style Periods

1526-1858

Variant Names

Zinat-al
Variant
Zinat al-Nisa
Variant

Site Types

religious