The Sunehri Masjid is an 18th-century mosque in Old Delhi from which the Persian invader Nadir Shah watched a 1739 massacre. Through 2015 the opening said Nadir Shah spent hours on the mosque roof to observe the Katl-e-Aam, which resulted in the massacre of 30,000 inhabitants. Today the opening makes no mention of Nadir Shah or the massacre, and the word appears nowhere in the article. A reader arriving now learns only the mosque's architecture and history, not that 30,000 people were massacred in events connected to it.
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Golden Mosque) is a mosque in Old Delhi .1 It is located near the Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Chandni Chowk , once an imperial boulevard leading to the Red Fort . The mosque was built by Roshan-ud-Daula Zafar Khan in 1721.2Apparently the Persian invader Nadir Shah spent several hours on the top of the mosque on 11 March 1739 to observe the Katl-e-Aam (the killing of everyone in sight) that he had ordered, which resulted in the massacre of 30,000 inhabitants.3 The mosque's original appearance has been altered as extensions to accommodate the faithful have been constructed. The mosque is also under threat from encroachment.
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Painting of Golden Mosque in the 1850s, by Ghulam Ali Khan The Sunehri Masjid (سنهرى مسجد, lit. Golden Mosque) is a mosque in Old Delhi . It is located near the Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Chandni Chowk , once an imperial boulevard leading to the Red Fort . The mosque was built by Roshan-ud-Daula Zafar Khan in 1721. Apparently the Persian invader Nadir Shah spent several hours on the top of the mosque on 11 March 1739. The mosque's original appearance has been altered as extensions to accommodate the faithful have been constructed. The mosque is also under threat from encroachment.
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Painting of Golden Mosque in the 1850s, by Ghulam Ali Khan The Sunehri Masjid ( lit. ' Golden Mosque ' ) is an 18th-century mosque in Old Delhi .It was built by Mughal noble Roshan-ud-Daula , during the reign of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah . It is located near the Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Chandni Chowk , once an imperial boulevard leading to the Red Fort . The mosque's original appearance has been altered as extensions to accommodate the faithful have been constructed. The mosque is also under threat from encroachment.
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Mosque in Delhi, India Not to be confused with Sunehri Masjid (Red Fort) .The Sunehri Masjid ( Urdu : سنہری مسجد چاندنی چوک , lit. ' Golden Mosque ' ) is an 18th-century mosque in the Chandni Chowk neighbourhood of Old Delhi , India . It was built by Mughal noble Roshan-ud-Daula , during the reign of Emperor Muhammad Shah . It is located near the Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Chandni Chowk, once an imperial boulevard leading to the Red Fort . The mosque's original appearance has been altered as extensions to accommodate the faithful have been constructed. The mosque is also under threat from encroachment.
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