3 Mihrab Graveyard to the West of Chiragh Delhi Dargah (Mission for Indian History and Archaeology)
New Delhi, Afghanistan

1959-62 Survey


Located on the western edge of Cirāgh Delhi village, immediately outside the western side of the wall surrounding the dargah. Grid ref. H-12

This graveyard is built on a low plinth. It has a wall mosque with three miḥrābs and turrets on both ends. Period II.

IOC: VIII-80


チラーグ・・デリー部落の西端にあり,ダルガーの西側囲壁のすぐ外にある。附図.H-12

この墓地は,低い基壇の上にあり,三つのミフラーブと,両端に小塔をそなえる礼拝壁をもっている。第Ⅱ期。

東研.Ⅷ-80


2015-18 Survey


Only the north turret could be seen along the north wall of some houses. It is unknown whether the wall mosque was destroyed or, as its location coincides with the boundary wall between two houses, used as a wall in the dwellings. The north turret and plinth remain, so it is thought that a single-story house was first built on the plinth on the east side of the wall mosque. Then the four-story ferroconcrete house was built on the west side, taking the existing wall within.


[現状]北の塔型だけが既存住宅の北壁に姿を現す。壁モスクの位置が2軒の住宅境壁に当たるので、破却されずに壁として使われているのか、破却されたかは未確認である。北の塔型と基壇部分が残るので、まず壁モスクの東側、基壇上に1階建ての住宅が建てられ、その後西側に鉄筋コンクリート4階建て建物が建てられ、そのまま壁の中に取り込まれたのではないかと考えられる。

[壁モスク] 西壁の中央を立上げ、3つのミフラーブを比較的距離をおいて配し、端部に円形塔型を配する。塔型が西壁の芯に配置されるので、袖壁はなかったと推察される。壁頂部を頂部飾で飾り、塔型周囲にも頂部飾を回し、塔型の上に円形タレットが立つ。


(Paragraph 2nd from the 2015-18 Survey are translated using Google Translate)

[Wall mosque] The center of the west wall is raised, and three mihrabs are placed at a relatively large distance, with a circular tower at the end. As the tower is placed at the core of the west wall, it is assumed that there was no side wall. The top of the wall is decorated with a capstone, which is also placed around the tower, and a circular turret stands on top of the tower.


Map Reference: Grid ref. H-12

IOC Reference: G09, VIII-80

ASI Reference: -

Archived IOC Site Record: https://perma.cc/U8U4-ZPE6


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.

Location

Chirag Dilli, New Delhi, Afghanistan

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Style Periods

1320-1413

Additional Names

3 miḥrābs graveyard to the west of Cirāgh Delhi village
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funerary
religious

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