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{{Short description|Mosque in Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, Delhi, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
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| name = Fatehpuri Mosque
| image = Fatehpuri_Masjid_in_Delhi_19.jpg
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| caption = The mosque [[façade]] and entrance, in 2018
| location = [[Chandni Chowk]], [[Old Delhi]], [[Central Delhi]]
| country = [[India]]
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The '''Fatehpuri Mosque''', also '''Fatehpuri Masjid''', is a 17th-century [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[mosque]], located at the western end of the oldest street of [[Chandni Chowk]], in the [[Old Delhi]] neighbourhood of [[Delhi]], [[India]]. The mosque is opposite the [[Red Fort]] and, after [[Jama Masjid, Delhi|Jama Masjid]], is the second largest mosque in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news |author=Roy, Ishita |title=What the monuments in Delhi remember |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2024/Mar/08/what-the-monuments-in-delhi-remember |work=The New Indian Express |date=8 March 2024 |access-date=8 January 2025 }}</ref>

== History ==
The Fatehpuri Masjid was built in 1650 by Fatehpuri Begum, one of wives of Emperor [[Shah Jahan]], who was from [[Fatehpur Sikri]],<ref>{{cite book |title=History of Mughal Architecture |author=Nath, R. |publisher=Abhinav Publications |year=2006 |location= |page= |isbn= }}</ref> and the mosque at [[Taj Mahal]] is also named after her.<ref>{{cite book |title=The History of the Taj and the Buildings in Its Vicinity: With 3 Illustrations from Photographs and 2 Plans |author1=Muʻīn al-Dīn, Muḣammad |author2=Muʻīn al-Dīn, Akbarābādī Muḣammad |publisher=Moon Press |year=1905 |location= |page= |isbn= }}</ref>

The [[British Raj|British]] auctioned the mosque after the [[1857 war]] to Rai Lala Chunnamal for Rs. 19,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/01-5-2000/fatehpuri_shahi_masjid_a_mute_wi.htm |title=Fatehpuri Shahi Masjid: A mute witness to the travails of Dillee |work=Milli Gazette |date=1 May 2000 |access-date= |author= }}</ref> (whose descendants still live in the [[Chunnamal haveli]] in Chandni Chowk<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/09/25/stories/2003092500260100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031107011100/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/09/25/stories/2003092500260100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2003 |title=Beyond the WALL |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=25 September 2003 |access-date=19 December 2018 }}</ref>), who preserved the mosque. Later in 1877 it was acquired by the [[Government of India|Government]] in exchange for four villages and was restored to the Muslims at the [[Delhi Durbar]] when the British allowed the Muslims back in Old Delhi. A similar mosque, called [[Akbarabadi Mosque]], built by the Akbarabadi Begum, was destroyed by the British.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/10/03/stories/2005100301280200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628092715/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/10/03/stories/2005100301280200.htm |title=In memory of a pious Begum |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 October 2005 |access-date= |archive-date=2009-06-28 |author= }}</ref>

The [[Khari Baoli]], which is today Asia's largest spice market, gradually developed after the construction of the mosque.

Mufti [[Mukarram Ahmad]] is the chief [[mufti]] and hereditary [[imam]] of the mosque, succeeding his father, Maulana Mufti Mohammad Ahmad (d. {{AH|1391|link=y}}).

The grave of the wife of Great Freedom Fighter and Muslim leader [[Maulana Shah Abdul Qadir Ludhianvi|Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludhianvi]] is located in the courtyard of the Fatehpuri Mosque.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Punjab mosque opens for prayers after 74 years |url=https://www.awazthevoice.in/india-news/punjab-mosque-opens-for-prayers-after-years-3498.html |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.awazthevoice.in |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Architecture ==
The mosque is built using [[red sandstone]] and has a fluted dome with ''mahapadma'' and ''[[Kalasha (finial)|kalash]]'' [[finial]]s. Flanked by twin [[minaret]]s, the mosque has a traditional design with the prayer hall having seven-arched openings. The mosque has single and double-storeyed apartments on the sides.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Singh, Dr Aradhana |title=Monumental Legacy of Mughal Women |journal=Samvedna |volume=V |number=2 |date=2023 |page=33 |issn=2581-9917 |url=https://www.maitreyi.ac.in/uploads/research/Samvedna/issues/vol6/issue2/Eng/E4.pdf |publisher=maitreyi.ac |location=India |access-date=8 January 2025 }}</ref>

The central ''[[iwan]]'' in the middle is flanked by three arches on each side.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
1863 Dispatch Atlas Map of Delhi, India - Geographicus - Delhi-dispatch-1867.jpg|1863 map of [[Shahjahanabad]] ([[Old Delhi]]). Musjid Futtepoori is south of the Lahauri Gate, in the north.
Fatehpuri masjid delhi.jpg|The mosque in 2017
People offering Namaz on the occasion of Idu’l Fitr (Eid), at Fatehpuri Mosque, in Delhi on June 16, 2018.JPG|Worshippers offering [[namaz]] during [[Eid al-Fitr|Idu’l Fitr]], {{AH|1439}}
Masjid_fatehpuri,_old_Delhi.jpg|The view from the mosque towards the old Delhi market
</gallery>

== See also ==
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* [[Islam in India]]
* [[List of mosques in India]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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{{Mosques in India}}
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