Mosque at Qadam Sharif (Mission for Indian History and Archaeology)
New Delhi, India

1959-62 Survey


This is a small mosque, three bays long and two bays deep, with a cross-vaulted ceiling and a flat roof. On the roof is an octagonal chatrī (kiosk-turret) with a roof in the shape of a pyramid. The ceiling of the mosque is, unusually, covered with banded and circular patterns, but as it is still used as a mosque, these are covered by thick whitewash. This building is thought to be connected with Qadam Sharīf to the south.


カダム・シャリーフ(Qadam Sharīf)のモスクとよぶ。ニューデリー鉄道駅の北北西約600メートル,クトゥブ=ロードの西約200メートルにあるカダム・シャリーフの城壁の西端にある。附図.H-6
間口3間・奥行2間の小さなモスクで,交叉ヴォールトの天井と平屋根とをもっている。屋上には,ピラミッド型の屋根をいただく八角平面のチャトリー(chatrī)が立っている。この建物の天井の随所に,帯状と円形の文様がほどこされているのはめずらしいが,現在なお,モスクとして使用されているために,厚い塗装におおわれている。このモスクは,南にあるカダム・シャリーフと関連して建てられたものと思われる。第Ⅱ期。
東研.Ⅱ-7;ASI.Ⅱ-350


2015-18 Survey


T99 remains, but the old mosque next to it has been demolished, and a new ferroconcrete mosque has been built with no gate on the east. Other buildings crowd the area. In 2018, locals confirmed that M21 was destroyed


[現状]T99は残るが、隣りのモスクは老朽化によって破却され、新たな鉄筋コンクリートのモスクが新設され、東門もなく、全て建物が立て込んでいた。また、2018年の聞き取り調査によってもM21の破却を確認した。

[平面]間口3間奥行2間の礼拝室でM15を小さくした形である。Monuments of Delhiによると礼拝室内間口7m奥行6.3mで、中庭は間口9m奥行7m。

[外観] 1959-62年の写真には、東側に前廊が増築されているが、本来のファサードの柱は2本柱とし、1間ごとに両端と2つの持送が残り、おそらく軒を有したと思われる。他のモスクと異なるのは、屋上に8本柱のチャトリをもつ点である。チャトリは軒を張り出しドームでなく8角錐の屋根をいただく。このChattriは、上部周囲にU字型の囲いをまわすので、M21西壁がO8のボルジュ内に設けられ、集落西壁のChattriだったのかもしれない。

[内観]6つのベイにクロス・ヴォールトを架ける。ミフラーブ周囲にはインスクリプションが残り、アーチのイントラドスには帯状の装飾、ヴォールトの曲面およびミフラーブの凹面にメダイオンの装飾がなされた。


(Paragraphs 2-3 from the 2015-18 Survey translated with Google Translate)

[Plan] The prayer room is 3 bays wide and 2 bays deep, and is a smaller version of M15. According to Monuments of Delhi, the prayer room is 7m wide and 6.3m deep, and the courtyard is 9m wide and 7m deep.


[Exterior] In a photo taken between 1959 and 1962, a front hall has been added to the east side, but the original facade has two columns, and both ends and two corbels remain for each bay, so it is likely that it had eaves. What makes it different from other mosques is that it has an eight-column chhatri on the roof. The chhatri has a protruding eaves and an octagonal pyramid roof instead of a dome. This chattri has a U-shaped enclosure around the upper part, so it may have been a chattri on the western wall of the settlement, as the western wall of M21 was built inside the borj of O8.


[Interior] A cross vault spans six bays. Inscriptions remain around the mihrab, and the intrados of the arch has band-like decorations, and the curved surface of the vault and the concave surface of the mihrab have medallion decorations.


Map Reference : Grid ref. H-6. Ill. 33.

IOC Reference : M21, II-7

ASI Reference : II-350

Archived IOC Site Record: https://perma.cc/Y7T3-UM7G


Mission Credit Line : Mission for Indian History and Archaeology, University of Tokyo, in 1959-60 , 1961-62: the Resurvey of the Delhi Monuments, Research and Information Center for Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo in 2015-18.

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10544, Bagichi Allauddin, Paharganj, New Delhi, New Delhi, India

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This timeline aligns with the broader architectural activities of Feroz Shah, who ruled from 1351 to 1388 CE
A 2018 interview survey confirmed the demolition of the mosque confirm that the Mosque was destroyed due to deterioration, and a new mosque made of reinforced concrete has been built.

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Qila Qadam Shrief
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Dargah Qadam Sharif
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