1959-62 Survey

This mosque is built at the northern end of the Ḥauẓ Khāṣ tank, adjoining a madrasa (Map O. 24, Ill. 155b-157) situated on the eastern and southern sides of the tank. It has a prayer hall nine bays wide and one bay deep and arcades on the north and south sides, each four bays wide and two bays deep. The northern one has fallen into ruin. The middle five bays of the prayer hall have a five-arched facade in front of the miḥrāb, and a divided staircase leads down to the tank from the exterior of the central one through a square, domed chatrī (pavilion). The other four have oriel windows open to the west, and similar windows can be seen in the adjoining prayer rooms. The front courtyard of the mosque is surrounded by walls and there is a square domed gateway on the southeastern side. Period II.

IOC: VI-11-3; ASI: III-310.

ハウズ・ハース(Hauẓ Khāṣ)のモスクとよぶ。ハウズ・ハースの貯水池の東南隅にある。附図.G-11
このモスクは、ハウズ・ハースの貯水池に沿い,マドラサの北につづいて建てられ,間口9間・奥行1間の礼拝室と,南北両端から東に張り出す,それぞれ,間口4間・奥行2間の袖室とからなっているが,北の袖室は,すでに崩壊している。礼拝室の九つの間のうち,中央をふくむ五つの間は,そのミフラーブの位置が,背面にまで貫かれており,中央のものは,ドームをいただく四角平面のチャハトリに通じ,そこから左右にわかれる階段によって貯水池の水面に達する。他の四つは,張り出し窓になっているが,同じようなものは,南北両端の側壁にも認められる。このモスクの前庭は,囲壁によってとり囲まれており,その東南隅には,ドームをいただく四角平面の門が設けられている。第Ⅱ期。
東研.Ⅵ-11-3;ASI.Ⅲ-310

(1st line from the 1959-62 Survey is translated using Google Translate)

It is called the Hauẓ Khāṣ Mosque. It is located in the southeast corner of the Hauẓ Khāṣ reservoir.

2015-18 Survey

In 2015, this had become privatized, despite it being in an area designated by ASI, and we could not enter. In 2018, it was undergoing repair as part of a plan to open the monument to the public.

[現状]2015年には私有化が進み、立ち入ることはできなかった。2018年には修復工事が開始され、一連の遺跡として公開される予定である。

[平面]O24の礼拝室として建設され、西壁が湖に面するためキブラ壁に開口が多く、周囲に湖へ降りる階段が続く。南東隅に門があり、本来は南からアクセスした。現在、東壁はないが、本来は壁で囲まれた内庭西に、南北廊を突出させた礼拝室で、礼拝室は間口9間奥行1間と浅く、南北廊は間口3間奥行2間。

[外観]中庭面に2本柱、折曲部に4本柱を用い、1間毎の両端に雲形持送を持ち、その上に横架材を渡し、軒板を張り出す。礼拝室西面中央ミフラーブの背後に床を張り出し、開放的な4柱式ドーム建築が続き、そこから左右に湖への階段が続く。建物外側は装飾的で、中央から南北に2番目のミフラーブ背後はアーチ型開口窓、3番目のミフラーブ背後は持送上に2本の切石柱をもつ出窓とする。南北面の西端にも同様な出窓をもつ。建物全体に頂部飾は見当たらない。

[内観]それぞれのベイにクロイスター・ヴォールトをかける。

[門]正方形の壁式ドーム建築で四方に開口する。外観は8角形ドラムを立上げ、ドームとし、頂部飾は残らない。南が正面で、中央に突出・立上げた枠内に開口アーチを設け、梁をかけ下部を楣式の入口とする。内部はスクインチ・アーチに、円形ドラムを介し、ドームがのり、一部にスタッコ装飾が残る。

(Paragraphs 2nd to 5th from the 2015-18 Survey are translated using Google Translate)

[Plan] It was built as a prayer room for O24, and since the west wall faces the lake, there are many openings in the qibla wall, and stairs leading down to the lake continue all around. There is a gate in the southeast corner, and it was originally accessed from the south. There is no east wall now, but originally it was a prayer room with a north-south corridor protruding into the west of the walled inner courtyard. The prayer room is shallow, with a width of 9 bays and a depth of 1 bay, and the north-south corridor is 3 bays wide and 2 bays deep.

[Exterior] Two columns are used on the courtyard side and four columns at the bend, with cloud-shaped corbels at both ends of each bay, with horizontal members on top and overhanging eaves. A floor is overhanging behind the mihrab in the center of the west side of the prayer room, and an open four-columned dome building continues, from which stairs to the lake continue on both sides. The exterior of the building is decorative, with an arched opening window behind the second mihrab from the center to the north and south, and a bay window with two cut stone columns on the corbels behind the third mihrab. There are similar bay windows at the west end of the north and south faces. No ceiling decorations are found on the entire building.

[Interior] A cloister vault is placed on each bay.

[Gate] A square wall-type dome building with openings on all four sides. The exterior is a dome made by raising an octagonal drum, and no ceiling decoration remains. The front faces south, and an opening arch is set within a protruding and raised frame in the center, with beams supporting a lintel-style entrance at the bottom. Inside, a dome is placed over a squinch arch via a circular drum, and some stucco decorations remain.

Map Reference: Grid ref. G-11

IOC Reference: M11, VI-11-3

ASI Reference: III-310

Archived IOC Site Record: https://perma.cc/L9ME-FDJ2

(The Survey Descriptions have been translated using Google Translate)

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.