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'''Khairul Manazil''' or '''Khair-ul-Manazil''' ({{Literal translation|the most auspicious of houses}}) is a historical [[masjid]] built in 1561 in [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. The masjid is situated in the opposite of [[Purana Qila]] on [[Mathura Road]], south east to Sher Shah Gate. The gateway of the masjid was made by red sandstone following [[Mughal architecture]], but the inside structure of the building was made in Delhi Sultanate pattern.<ref name=":0" />

== History ==
This masjid was built by [[Maham Anga]] who was Emperor [[Akbar]]'s wet nurse cum foster mother. It is stated that in 1564, Akbar was attacked near the masjid by an assassin while he was returning from [[Nizamuddin Dargah]]. Later it was used as [[Madrasa]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/gateway-to-medieval-era/article7389285.ece|title=Gateway to medieval era|last=R.V. Smith|website=thehindu.com|access-date=24 October 2017}}</ref> Presently the building is under protection of [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/driving-past-khairul-manzil/451287/|title=Driving past Khairul Manzil|date=26 April 2009|website=indianexpress.com|access-date=26 October 2017}}</ref>

The epigraphy in Persian carved on the marble plaque above the arch of the central gate is a chronogram penned by Emperor Akbar's court historian and poet
Maulana Shihabuddin Ahmad Khan (Pen name: Baazil) who is also accredited as the composer of the eulogy on the tombstone of Amir Khusrau at the shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin, some two hundred and ten years after Khusrau's death.{{fact|date=June 2018}} The letters forming the words "Khairul Manazil" in Arabic when translated in their numeric equivalent by the rule of ٲٻڄݚ and summed up to give the numerals of Hijri year 969 equivalent to 1561 AD.<ref>[[Sir Syed Ahmad Khan]] [["Asaar-us-sanadeed"]] </ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}{{Commons category|Khair-ul-Manzil}}

[[Category:Archaeological monuments in Delhi]]
[[Category:Mosques in Delhi]]
[[Category:Mughal mosques]]
[[Category:Sandstone buildings in India]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Delhi]]

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