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Begumpur Mosque

New Delhi, Italy

Begumpur Mosque

The Begumpur Mosque or Begumpur Masjid, also known as the Jam'i Masjid of Jahanpanah, is a former Friday mosque, now in partial ruins, located in an urban village called Begumpur, which now bears its modern name, Jahanpanah. The former mosque was built in the centre of the sultanate capital of the T

ughluq dynasty, in c. 1343 CE. The former mosque is large, measuring 94 by 90 metres (307 by 295 ft). The former mosque is a Monument of National Importance, administered by the Archaeological Survey of India in order to restore the monument.

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