Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 17th-century mosque in india located at the western end of the oldest street of chandni chowk”. Today it says “a 17th-century sunni mosque”.
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Fatehpuri Masjid is located at the western end of the oldest street of Delhi, Chandni Chowk .1It thus counterbalances the Red Fort on the opposite end of Chandni Chowk.2Fatehpuri Masjid was built in 1650 by Fatehpuri Begum, one of Shah Jahan's wives ( kaniz i.e. concubine )who was from Fatehpur , and the mosque at Taj Mahal is also named after her . The History of the Taj and the Buildings in Its Vicinity: With 3 Illustrations from Photographs and 2 Plans, By Muḣammad Muʻīn al-Dīn, Akbarābādī Muḣammad Muʻīn al-Dīn Published by Moon press, 19053
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Fatehpuri Masjid in Old Delhi Historic map of Shahjahanabad ( Old Delhi ), in 1863.Musjid Futtepoori is just south of the Lahauri Gate in the North Fatehpuri Masjid is a 17th-century mosque located at the western end of the oldest street of Delhi, Chandni Chowk .It is opposite the Red Fort on the opposite end of Chandni Chowk.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Historic map of Shahjahanabad ( Old Delhi ), in 1863. Musjid Futtepoori is just south of the Lahauri Gate in the North Fatehpuri Mosque ( ) is a 17th-century mosque located at the western end of the oldest street of Delhi, Chandni Chowk , North Delhi , Delhi , India . It is opposite the Red Fort on the opposite end of Chandni Chowk.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Historic map of Shahjahanabad ( Old Delhi ), in 1863. Musjid Futtepoori is just south of the Lahauri Gate in the North The Fatehpuri Mosque is a 17th-century mosque in India located at the western end of the oldest street of Chandni Chowk , in the Old Delhi neighbourhood of Delhi , India. It is opposite the Red Fort on the opposite end of Chandni Chowk.
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Mosque in Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, Delhi, India The Fatehpuri Mosque , also Fatehpuri Masjid , is a 17th-century Sunni mosque , located at the western end of the oldest street of Chandni Chowk , in the Old Delhi neighbourhood of Delhi , India .The mosque is opposite the Red Fort and, after Jama Masjid , is the second largest mosque in Delhi.
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a 17th-century mosque in india located at the western end of the oldest street of chandni chowk
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a 17th-century sunni mosque
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