Sunehri Masjid
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Sunehri Masjid سنهرى مسجد is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n mosque located near the Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib
Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib
Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib, is one of the nine historical gurdwaras in Delhi. First established in 1783 by Baghel Singh to commemorate the martyrdom site the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur...

 in Chandni Chowk
Chandni Chowk
Chandni Chowk , originally meaning moonlit square or market, is one of the oldest and busiest markets in Old Delhi, now in central north Delhi, India...

, Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

, once an imperial boulevard leading to the Red Fort. Also known as the Golden Mosque, the mosque was built by Roshan-ud-Daula Zafar Khan in 1721.

There is another Sunheri Masjid in Delhi, located outside the southwestern corner of Delhi Gate
Delhi Gate (Delhi)
Delhi Gate is the southern gate of one of the many gates of the historic walled city of Delhi, or Shahjahanabad. The gate links the New Delhi city with the old walled city of Delhi...

 of Red Fort, opposite the Netaji Subhash Park, Nawab Qudsiya Begum, the wife of Emperor Ahmad Shah in 1751, the two are often confused.

External links

  • http://www.liveindia.com/delhi/Sunherimasjid.html
  • http://www.kamalkapoor.com/muslim-spiritual-places/sunehri-masjid-delhi.asp Sunehri masjid
  • http://www.india9.com/i9show/Sunehri-Masjid-31513.htm
  • http://wikimapia.org/3049274/Sunehri-Masjid
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