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{{Short description|Mosque and tomb in Khed, Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}
{{about|mosque and tomb complex in Maharashtra|the similarly named mosque and Monument of National Importance in Mandu, Madhya Pradesh|Mandu, Madhya Pradesh#Places of interest{{!}}Mandu, Madhya Pradesh}}
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| location = [[Rajgurunagar]] ([[Khed taluka|Khed]]), [[Pune district|Pune]], [[Maharashtra]]
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| year_completed = 1613 [[Common Era|CE]]
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| footnotes = <ref name="ASI MNI">{{cite web |url=https://asi.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Maharashtra-Aurangabad-Circle-Mumbai-Circle-and-Nagpur-Circle.pdf |title=List of Centrally Protected Monuments / Sites under the jurisdiction of Maharashtra (Aurangabad Circle, Mumbai Circle and Nagpur Circle) |website=[[Archaeological Survey of India]] |date=August 2021 |access-date=27 November 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Damle, Himanshu |url=https://hdheritagewalks.wordpress.com/2023/07/30/mosque-and-tomb-of-dilawar-khan-rajgurunagar-khed-taluka-pune-district-maharashtra/ |title=MOSQUE AND TOMB OF DILAWAR KHAN, RAJGURUNAGAR, KHED TALUKA, PUNE DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA |work=HD Heritage Walks |date=2023-07-30 |access-date=2025-01-26 }}</ref>
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The '''Dilawar Khan's Tomb and Mosque''' are a [[dargah]] and former [[mosque]], in partial ruins, located in a walled complex in [[Rajgurunagar]] (formerly known as [[Khed taluka|Khed]]), in the [[Pune district]] of the state of [[Maharashtra]], India. The mosque was built by Dilawar Khan, a [[Mughal Empire]] commander, in 1613 [[Common Era|CE]], and the tomb holds his grave. Both the tomb and former mosque are [[Monuments of National Importance (India)|Monuments of National Importance]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.153598/page/n275/mode/2up |title=History of Medieval Deccan |editor-last=Sherwani |editor-first=Haroon Khan |editor-link=Haroon Khan Sherwani |volume=II |pages=266-267 |editor-last2=Joshi |editor-first2=P. M.}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Sohoni |first=Pushkar |author-link=Pushkar Sohoni |url= |title=The Architecture of a Deccan Sultanate: Courtly Practice and Royal Authority in Late Medieval India |date= |publisher=I. B. Taurus |year=2018 |isbn= |pages=163-164, 231 |language=en}}</ref> administered by [[Archeological Survey of India]].

==Tomb==
The tomb is built out of stone and lime mortar. The building is square, and with each wall containing two horizontal rows of three recessed arches. The central arch in the lower row and the two side arches in the upper row are minutely [[Multifoil arch|cusped]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Burgess |first=Jas |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.536352/page/n105/mode/2up |title=Lists Of The Antiquarian Remains In The Bombay Presidency |date=1885 |pages=86}}</ref>

It is surmounted by a hemispherical dome, placed upon a circular drum. Flat kiosks stand at all four corners of the roof. An inscription over the main entrance records the date of Dilawar Khan's son as {{AH|1022|link=yes}}.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

==Mosque==
The mosque is located at the western end of the complex. Completed in 1613 CE and built by Nizam Shahi commander Dilawar Khan, the mosque measures {{convert|35|by|28|ft|m|order=flip}}. The [[façade]] contains three [[Multifoil arch|cusped]] arched entrances, with lotus medallions on the [[spandrel]]s, leading into the interior. The interior is divided into three aisles and two [[Bay (architecture)|bays]] by means of pillars with octagonal shafts. It is surmounted by a dome, resting on a very tall square drum.<ref name=":0"/><ref name=":1"/> {{as of|2020}}, the mosque was in a partial ruinous state.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indiamosques.wordpress.com/2020/06/29/dilawar-khan-mosque-rajgurunagar/ |title=Dilawar Khan mosque, Rajgurunagar |work=Mosques of India |date=2020-06-29 |access-date=2025-01-26 }}</ref>

== See also ==
{{stack|{{portal|India|Islam}}}}
* [[Islam in India]]
* [[List of mosques in India]]
* [[List of Monuments of National Importance in Mumbai circle]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{commons category-inline|Dilawar Khan's Tomb, Khed}}
* {{commons category-inline|Dilawar Khan's Mosque, Khed}}

{{Mosques in India}}

[[Category:17th-century mosques in India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Pune district]]
[[Category:Dargahs in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in India]]
[[Category:Mosques completed in the 1610s]]
[[Category:Mosques in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Mughal mosques]]
[[Category:Mughal tombs]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1613]]
[[Category:Tombs in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Mosque ruins in India]]

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