11 Mihrab Graveyard at the South of Meherauli (Mission for Indian history and Archaeology)

New Delhi, India

1959-62 Survey

Located in the southwest part of Mihrawlī village. Grid ref. F-13

Private residences now stand in a large part of this graveyard, and only the wall mosque remains. The wall mosque has eleven miḥrābs; the center miḥrāb and the third miḥrābs to the left and right are raised higher than the others, and are decorated with small blind arches. The center miḥrāb is covered in patterns and inscriptions. There are domed bastion-like towers on both ends of the wall mosque; only the north tower remains today and serves as a corridor between the front and back of the wall mosque. One of the existing inscriptions in the lower part of the center miḥrāb gives the year 917 A.H. (1511), which points to the Lodi Dynasty, during the reign of Sikandar Shah. Period III.

IOC: IX-65; ASI: III-121

メヘローリー部落の南西隅にある。附図.F-13

この墓地は,現在では,敷地の大部分に邸宅が立っていて,わずかに礼拝壁をのこすのみである。この礼拝壁は,11のミフラーブをもち,中央ミフラーブの部分と,左右へ三つ目のミフラーブの部分とが,一段と高くなっていて,小さな龕によって飾られている。中央のミフラーブは,一面に,文様と碑文とによっておおわれている。礼拝壁の両端には,ドームをいただくバスティオン風の塔があるが,現在では,北のもののみがのこっており,礼拝壁の表側と裏側とを結ぶ通路となっている。礼拝壁の中央ミフラーブの下の部分に現存する碑文に,917A.H.(1511A.D.)の年次が記されている。これは,ローディー朝のスィカンダル・シャーの治世にあたる。第Ⅲ期。

東研.Ⅸ-65;ASI.Ⅲ-121

2015-18 Survey

This structure could not be found in the 2015 survey. On Google Earth it can be seen that there is a plot 25m (north-south) by 15m (east-west) with a wall on the west, to the west of where Kalka Das Marg winds slightly. In the 2018 survey, this was found to be the Huron Ki dargah from the Mughal Dynasty, and not G60. It is thought that the structure was incorporated into a residence or destroyed altogether.

　[現状] 2015年の調査で所在を確認できなかった。Google EarthのKarka Das Margが多少蛇行する西側、西に壁をもつ南北25m東西15mの敷地があり、2018年に確認すると、ムガル朝期のHuron ki Dargahで当該建築ではなかった。おそらく住宅内に取り込まれたか、破却されたと思われる。

　[壁モスク] Monuments of Delhiによると南北30.5m。1959-62年には、東側に邸宅が立つが、中央ミフラーブに素晴らしいスタッコ浮彫が残り、ミフラーブの数も11と最大級。中央と両端部から3つ目のミフラーブを、小アーチでコの字型に囲み立上げる。高い3ミフラーブ上に十字形打抜細工を連ねたコーニス、両脇に円形断面タレットをたてる。1959-62年には北ミフラーブのタレットだけが残る。頂部飾は壁に多弁形アーチ、基壇にアーチ形とする。西壁両端に円形ボルジュを有し、特徴的な宝珠ドームを冠する。袖壁と西壁は45度方向の壁で繋がり、隅切りがなされる。

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

[Walled Mosque] According to the Monuments of Delhi, the mosque measures 30.5m north to south. A mansion was built on the east side between 1959 and 1962, but the central mihrab retains its magnificent stucco reliefs, and the mosque boasts 11 mihrabs, making it one of the largest in the country. The central and third mihrabs from both ends are surrounded by small arches in a U-shape. A cornice with cruciform die-cut work sits atop the three tall mihrabs, and circular turrets stand on both sides. As of 1959-62, only the turret on the north mihrab remains. The top decoration is a multi-lobed arch on the wall and an arch on the base. There are circular borges on both ends of the west wall, and it is crowned by a distinctive jewel dome. The side walls and the west wall are connected by a wall at a 45-degree angle, and the corners are cut off.

Map Reference: Grid ref. F-13

IOC Reference: G60, IX-65

ASI Reference:  III-121

Archived IOC Site Record: https://perma.cc/SU3F-ENWC

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.