| Lal Masjid | |
|---|---|
 The mosque, in 2009 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Mosque |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Old Delhi,North Delhi,Delhi NCT |
| Country | India |
  Location of the mosque inCentral Delhi | |
| Geographic coordinates | 28°39′55″N77°13′47″E / 28.665186°N 77.229613°E /28.665186; 77.229613 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque architecture |
| Style | Indo-Islamic |
| Groundbreaking | 1728 |
| Completed | 1729 |
| Specifications | |
| Dome | Three |
| Minaret | Two |
| Materials | Red sandstone; whitemarble |
TheLal Masjid (lit. "Red Mosque") ofDelhi, also known as theFakr-ul Masjid (lit. "Pride of Mosques") orSikandar Sahib's Masjid,[1] is amosque located in Bara Bazaar, near theKashmiri Gate inOld Delhi, in thenorth of the city, inIndia.
The building was built in 1728 by Kaniz-i-Fatima (entitled Fakr-i-Jahan), in memory of her husband, Shujaat Khan, a noble in the court of Mughal emperorAurangzeb.[2] ColonelJames Skinner repaired the mosque and its construction is sometimes misattributed to him.[1][3]
Illustrations and descriptions of the mosque were included inReminiscences of Imperial Delhi, bySir Thomas Metcalfe, published in 1844.
In the 1857Siege of Delhi the mosque was damaged, and has since been repaired.[4]
The mosque sits on a raised plinth of approximately 12.2 by 7.3 metres (40 by 24 ft) and stands 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) above the adjacent shop-lined streets.[5][6] The main complex consists of three rooms each with its own arched entryway. Two striped towers on either side of the center arch are mirrored by the mosque's twominarets standing at the rear corners of building. Behind a decoratedparapet on the roof of the mosque sit three white and black marble domes.[6] The building's prominent use ofred sandstone and white marble is considered unusual for the period, though many of its other features, including its minarets and domes, are closely modelled off of the major mosques of Delhi including the nearbyJama Masjid.[7]
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