Old Delhi

A scene from Jama Masjid

Old Delhi , also called Purāni Dilli (Hindi: पुरानी दिल्लीcode: hi is deprecated , Punjabi: ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਦਿੱਲੀcode: pa is deprecated , Urdu: پُرانی دلّیcode: ur is deprecated ), is a walled city of Delhi, founded as Shāhjahānābād (Hindi: शाहजहानाबादcode: hi is deprecated , Punjabi: ਸ਼ਾਹਜਹਾਨਾਬਾਦcode: pa is deprecated , Urdu: شاہجہان آبادcode: ur is deprecated ) by Indian Emperor Shahjahan in 1639.^[1] It remained the capital of the Mughals until the end of the Mughal dynasty.^[2]^[3]

Old Delhi Media

Old Delhi, Yamuna river bank
Two boys seated whilst embroidering on either side of an embroidery frame
Jama Masjid built by Shah Jahan, 1656.
Police in Delhi under Bahadur Shah II, 1842.
The Lahori Gate of Red Fort from Chandni Chowk.
"Shahjahanabad or Modern Delhi", in 1911 map
The City of Delhi Before the Siege - The Illustrated London News Jan 16, 1858
Historic map of Delhi (Shahjahanabad), 1863
A glimpse of Jama Masjid can be seen while passing through Chawri Bazar.

References

↑ http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/080817/dmag9.htm Past Present: Shahjahanabad Before 1857; by Mubarak Ali
↑ History of Mughal Architecture; by R. Nath, Abhinav Publications, 2006
↑ City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi; by William Dalrymple, Olivia Fraser. HarperCollins, 1993

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[1] ttp://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/080817/dmag9.htm Past Present: Shahjahanabad Before 1857; by Mubarak Ali

[2] History of Mughal Architecture; by R. Nath, Abhinav Publications, 2006

[3] City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi; by William Dalrymple, Olivia Fraser. HarperCollins, 1993

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