Moti Masjid
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.Photo: Varun Shiv Kapur, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Denomination: Sunni
- Description: mosque in India
- Address: Ward Number 7 Mehrauli, New Delhi, Delhi, 110030
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 780 metres northeast of Moti Masjid.
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 1 km northeast of Moti Masjid.
Iron pillar of Delhi
Monument
Photo: Pawan.kamrani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The iron pillar of Delhi is a metal structure 7.21 metres high with a 41-centimetre diameter that was constructed by Chandragupta II, and now stands in the Qutb complex at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. Iron pillar of Delhi is situated 780 metres northeast of Moti Masjid.
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 Moti Masjid.
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 3½ km northeast of Moti Masjid.
Moti Masjid
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Mehrauli, South Delhi, Delhi, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.51916° or 28° 31′ 9″ northLongitude
77.18013° or 77° 10′ 49″ eastOpen location code
7JWVG59J+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 351391574OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=sunniWikidata ID
Q41515358
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Santali—“Moti Masjid” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد موتي”
- Bengali: “মতি মসজিদ”
- German: “Moti Masjid”
- German: “Perlenmoschee”
- Hindi: “मोती मस्जिद”
- Santali: “ᱢᱚᱛᱤ ᱢᱚᱥᱡᱤᱫᱽ (ᱢᱮᱦᱨᱚᱞᱤ)”
- Santali: “ᱢᱚᱛᱤ ᱢᱚᱥᱡᱤᱫᱽ”
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