Sunehri Masjid (Chandni Chowk)

Coordinates: 28°39′22″N 77°13′55″E / 28.656050°N 77.231887°E / 28.656050; 77.231887

For the Sunehri Mosque in Lahore, see Sunehri Masjid, Lahore.

Golden Mosque at Chandni Chowk today

Painting of Golden Mosque in the 1850s, by Ghulam Ali Khan

The Sunehri Masjid (سنهرى مسجد, lit. Golden Mosque) is a mosque in Old Delhi.

It is located near the Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Chandni Chowk, once an imperial boulevard leading to the Red Fort. The mosque was built by Roshan-ud-Daula Zafar Khan in 1721.^[1]

Apparently the Persian invader Nadir Shah spent several hours on the top of the mosque on 11 March 1739 to observe the Katl-e-Aam (the killing of everyone in sight) that he had ordered, which resulted in the massacre of 30,000 inhabitants.

The mosque's original appearance has been altered as extensions to accommodate the faithful have been constructed. The mosque is also under threat from encroachment.

It is not to be confused with the Sunehri Masjid (Red Fort) nearby.

References

↑ http://www.india9.com/i9show/Sunehri-Masjid-31513.htm

External links

Media related to Sunehri Masjid (Chandni Chowk) at Wikimedia Commons

Mosques in India

Jammu and Kashmir	Hazratbal Shrine Jamia Masjid Aali Masjid Khanqah-e-Moula Pathar Masjid

Punjab	Mubarak Mosque, Qadian Moorish Mosque, Kapurthala

Delhi	Fatehpuri Masjid Hijron Ka Khanqah Humanyun Mosque Jama Masjid, Delhi Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb Khirki Masjid Kotla Mubarakpur Complex Lal Masjid, Delhi Moti Masjid (Red Fort) Nizamuddin Dargah Moth Ki Masjid Nizamuddin Markaz Masjeed Purana Qila Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque Qutb complex Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki Shia Jama Masjid, Delhi Sunehri Masjid (Chandni Chowk) Sunehri Masjid (Red Fort)

Uttar Pradesh	Aasfi Masjid Atala Masjid, Jaunpur Babri Masjid Eidgah, Kheri Gyanvapi Mosque Jama Masjid, Agra Jama Masjid, Dildar Nagar Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri Jama Masjid, Jaunpur Lal Darwaza Masjid, Jaunpur Sir Syed Masjid Taj Mahal Ziarat Shareef Great Mosque, Budaun

Bihar	Pathar ki Masjid Sher Shah Suri Masjid

Gujarat	Achut Bibi's Mosque Ahmed Shah's Mosque Baba Lului's Mosque Dastur Khan's Mosque Haibat Khan's Mosque Jama Masjid, Ahmedabad Malik Alam's Mosque Malik Isan's Mosque Miya Khan Chishti's Mosque Mohammed Ghous Mosque Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque Qutbuddin Mosque Rani Rupamati's Mosque Rani Sipri's Mosque Saiyad Usman Mosque Sarkhej Roza's Mosque Sardar Khan's Mosque Shahpur Mosque Shah-e-Alam's Mosque Sidi Bashir Mosque Sidi Saiyyed Mosque Shah Wajihuddin's Mosque

Madhya Pradesh	Taj-ul-Masajid

West Bengal	Adina Mosque Fauti Masjid Nizamat Imambara Madina Mosque Bari Mosque, Pandua Furfura Sharif Hooghly Imambara Khustigiri Nakhoda Masjid Patharchapuri Kherur Mosque, Sagardighi Rajnagar Tipu Sultan Mosque Katra Masjid Maniktala Haqqani Masjid of Haqqani Anjuman

Assam	Panbari Mosque

Maharashtra	Haji Ali Dargah Jama Masjid, Mumbai Masjid Ghareeb Nawaz Jama Masjid, Nagpur

Karnataka	Jama Masjid, Bijapur Jama Masjid Gulbarga

Andhra Pradesh	Charminar, Hyderabad Judi Mosque Makkah Masjid Shahi Jamia Masjid, Adoni Spanish Mosque Toli Masjid

Kerala	Central Mahallu Jama'ath Chempittapally Cheraman Juma Masjid Edappally Juma Masjid Kolloorvila Juma Masjid Madayi Palli Malik Dinar Mosque Mampuram Mosque Mishkal Mosque Muchundi Mosque Odathil Palli Palayam Juma Masjid Juma Masjid, Pullancheri Shahre Mubarak Grand Masjid Tahir Masjid Thazhathangady Juma Masjid

Tamil Nadu	Bahram Jung Mosque Casa Verona's Mosque Dharma Kidangu Mosque Goripalayam Mosque Hafiz Ahmad Khan Mosque Jumma Masjid of Kilakarai Kazimar Big Mosque Begumpur Mosque, Dindigul Makkah Masjid Masjid Mamoor Masjid e Mahmood, Choolaimedu Masjid-o-Anwari Meltheru and Keeltheru Mosques Muhyuddin Andavar Mosque Periamet Mosque Thousand Lights Mosque Triplicane Labbai Jamaath Masjid Sungam Mosque

Puducherry	Khutba Mosque, Pondicherry Meeran Mosque

Haryana	Kabuli Bagh Mosque

Chhattisgarh	Jama Masjid, Bhilai

Uttarakhand	Jama Masjid Paltan Bazar Jama Masjid Dhamawala Jama Masjid Kanwali

Mosques in India Mosques by country

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