3 Mihrab Graveyard in Shivaji Park (Mission for Indian History and Archaeology)
New Delhi, India

1959-62 Survey

Located approximately 200 m west-northwest from where the northeast corner of Rā’ī Piṭhorā Fort meets the south wall of Jahāṇpanāh Fort. Grid ref. G-12

This graveyard is built on a plinth. In the west, there is a wall mosque with a miḥrāb, but both ends of the wall have now fallen. Period III.

IOC: VIII-89


年ラーイー・ピトーラーの城壁の北東隅と,ジャハーンパナー南城壁との接点より西北西約200メートルにある。附図.G-12

この墓地は,基壇の上にあり,西の部分に,ミフラーブをもつ礼拝壁をそなえているが,現在では,その両端はくずれおちてしまっている。第Ⅲ期。

東研.Ⅷ-89

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2015-18 Survey

This structure is used as the mihrab of a saint’s tomb. The plinth is laid in concrete, and the cenotaph covered in tiles and stones. Poles have been erected in the corners of the plinth to create a temporary structure covered with a plastic tent. It is thought that the remains of the structure incorporated into the park became a private dwelling and saint’s tomb by some turn of events.


(Paragraph 2nd from the 2015-18 Survey is translated using ChatGPT)


[現状]聖者廟のミフラーブとなり、基壇をコンクリート敷、墓石をタイルと石で覆う。基壇隅にポールをたてビニールテントで仮設建築を作る。公園内に取り込まれた遺構が、何らかのきっかけで住い兼聖者廟へ姿を変えたと推測される。

[壁モスク] 1959-62年の写真は背面からの1枚のみ。5ミフラーブで前面の基壇をもつ。基壇と壁に頂部飾を配し、中央ミフラーブの背面突出はわずか。当時両端部は失われ、壁にクラックが入り、袖壁や隅部の塔型の有無は不明。


[Wall Mosque]

From 1959–62, only one photograph exists, taken from the rear. The structure had five mihrabs and a platform in front. Crowning ornaments were placed on the platform and wall, while the rear projection of the central mihrab was minimal. At that time, the ends of the wall were already lost, cracks had appeared, and it was unclear whether side walls or corner turrets existed.


Map Reference: Grid ref. G-12

IOC Reference: G51,  VIII-89

ASI Reference: -

Archived IOC Site Record: https://perma.cc/Z7GR-9Y52


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.

Location

Babu Tourist Taxi Service, PRESS ENCLAVE MARG, ROAD NO. 15, OPPOSITE GEETANJALI ENCLAVE GATE NO. 1,, NEAR MALVIYA NAGAR METRO STATION, New Delhi, India
Babu Tourist Taxi Service, PRESS ENCLAVE MARG, ROAD NO. 15, OPPOSITE GEETANJALI ENCLAVE GATE NO. 1,, NEAR MALVIYA NAGAR METRO STATION, New Delhi, India

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According to the 2015-18 survey, poles have been erected in the corners of the plinth to create a temporary structure covered with a vinyl tent.
According to the 2015-18 surveys, It is presumed that the ruin, once incorporated into a park, was at some point transformed into both a residence and a saint’s shrine.

Style Periods

1414-1451
1451-1526

Additional Names

Platform and 5-Mihrab Mosque
Translation (English)
3 Miḥrāb Graveyard in Shivaji Park
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funerary
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