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   Fatehpuri Masjid

 

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Fatehpuri Masjid, or Fa-tehpuri Masyid, later also known as Jama Masjid, is a mosque built in 1650, during the golden age of Mughal architecture, and is located at the western end of Chandni Chowk (fig.), one of the oldest streets of Delhi.

 

It was built by Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal Emperor who also built the Red Fort and the Taj Mahal, and was originally named after one of his wives, who was from the city of Fatehpur.

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