Jahaz Mahal
Jahaz Mahal is located next to Hauz-i-Shamsi in Mehrauli, Delhi. It was so named, since its reflection in the surrounding reservoir looked like a ship floating on a lake.Photo: Nvvchar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Qutb Minar and Qutb Minar complex.
Qutb Minar
Monument
Photo: Akbarzoda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Qutb Minar, also spelled Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and victory tower, built during the Delhi sultanate, and comprising the Qutb complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mehrauli, South Delhi, India. Qutb Minar is situated 1¼ km northeast of Jahaz Mahal.
Qutb Minar complex
Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.
The Qutb Minar complex are monuments and buildings from the Delhi Sultanate at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. Construction of the Qutub Minar "victory tower" in the complex, named after the religious figure Sufi Saint Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, was begun by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, who later became the first Sultan of Delhi of the Mamluk dynasty. Qutb Minar complex is situated 1¼ km northeast of Jahaz Mahal.
Moti Masjid
Mosque
Photo: Varun Shiv Kapur, CC BY 2.0.
The Moti Masjid is an 18th-century Mughal mosque located in Mehrauli, in the South Delhi district of India. Named for its white marble, the mosque was constructed during the reign of Bahadur Shah I, in the vicinity of the dargah of Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki. Moti Masjid is situated 550 metres north of Jahaz Mahal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mehrauli and Saket.
Mehrauli
Suburb
Saket
Suburb
Photo: Amartyabag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saket is a residential colony and the administrative headquarters of the South Delhi district of Delhi in India. The local district headquarters are also situated on M.B. Saket is situated 3½ km east of Jahaz Mahal.
Malviya Nagar
Suburb
Malviya Nagar is a residential locality in South Delhi. Situated between Saket and Hauz Khas, its namesake is the freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya. Malviya Nagar was initially a part of the Shahpur Jat village, in which after partition was populated in the 1950s by refugees from Pakistan, after the Partition of India. Malviya Nagar is situated 4 km northeast of Jahaz Mahal.
Jahaz Mahal
- Type: Monument
- Description: building in India
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: Mehrauli, South Delhi, Delhi, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.51437° or 28° 30′ 52″ northLongitude
77.17856° or 77° 10′ 43″ eastOpen location code
7JWVG57H+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 5205802423OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q6123216
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In Other Languages
From Hindi to Western Panjabi—“Jahaz Mahal” goes by many names.
- Hindi: “जहाज महल”
- Hindi: “जहाज़ महल”
- Indonesian: “Jahaz Mahal”
- Panjabi: “ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਮਹਿਲ”
- Western Panjabi: “جہاز محل”
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