7 Mihrab Graveyard at the South of Hauz Has (Mission for Indian History and Archaeology)
New Delhi, India

1959-62 Survey


Located approximately 100 m south from the southeast corner of the Ḥawẓ Khāṣ ruins. Grid ref. G-11

This graveyard is built on a plinth and has a wall mosque with side walls and seven miḥrābs. There appeared to be once a gate on the east. There are bastion-like towers with small domes on both ends of the wall mosque; the south tower has fallen along with part of the wall. Period II.

IOC: VI-21; ASI: III-319


ハウズ・・ハースの東南隅の遺跡群の南方約100メートルにある。附図.G-11

この墓地は,基壇の上にあり,七つのミフラーブと袖壁とをもつ礼拝壁をそなえており,東側に,門があったらしいが,現在では,失われている。礼拝壁の両端には,小さなドームをいただくバスティオン風の塔がついているが,南側のものは,礼拝壁の一部とともに,すでに崩壊してしまっている。第Ⅱ期。

東研.Ⅵ-21;ASI.Ⅲ-319


2015-18 Survey


Covered in white stucco and its plinth restored, this structure is preserved as a monument near a green belt. The burj on the south and the southernmost mihrab have been destroyed. Temporary lean-to dwellings have been built around the north burj and behind the mihrab wall. The east gate had already fallen by 1959-62; its shape and dimensions are unknown.


[現状]白色スタッコを塗り、基壇を整備し、緑地帯近くのモニュメントとして保存される。南側ボルジュと最南端のミフラーブは破却され、北側ボルジュの近傍およびミフラーブ壁裏には、差し掛け仮設住宅が設置される。1959-62年には、東門はすでに存在せず、形状は不明である。

[壁モスク]基壇上にあり、西壁両端に8角形ボルジュ、袖壁、7つのミフラーブをもつ。中央ミフラーブ立上げはわずかで、その両端、および南北の端部から2つ目のミフラーブ両端、および袖壁端部に8角形タレットを立てる。



Map Reference: Grid ref. G-11

IOC Reference: G05, VI-21

ASI Reference: III-319

Archived IOC Site Record: https://perma.cc/AAF2-E823


Mission Credit Line : Mission for Indian History and Archaeology, University of Tokyo, in 1959-60 , 1961-62: the Resurvey of the Delhi Monuments, Research and Information Center for Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo in 2015-18.

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Green Park Extension Road, New Delhi, India

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At the time of the survey, the structure had been preserved as a monument, as it is covered in white stucco, and the plinth is restored.

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7 Mehrab Graveyard at the South of Hauz Khas
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7 Miḥrāb Graveyard at the South of Ḥawẓ Khāṣ
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