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[[File:Diwan-i-khas, Red fort.jpg|thumb|The ''Diwan-i-Khas'' in the Red Fort]]
[[File:Diwan-i-Khas, Red Fort, Delhi with red awnings or shamianas, in 1817.jpg|thumb|The ''Diwan-i-Khas'' with red ''shamiana'', around 1817 (by [[Ghulam Ali Khan]])]]
[[File:Sixteen views of monuments in Delhi Peacock Throne Red Fort Delhi 1850.png|thumb|The Peacock Throne in the mid-19th century]]
[[File:Ghulam Ali Khan 014b.jpg|thumb|Interior view with the Stream of Paradise towards the ''[[Khas Mahal (Red Fort)|Khas Mahal]]'' (before 1854, by Ghulam Ali Khan)]]
The '''''Diwan-i-Khas''''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: ديوان خاص), or '''Hall of Private Audiences''', was a chamber in the [[Red Fort]] of [[Delhi]] built-in 1648 as a location for receptions. It was the location where the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan received courtiers and state guests. It was also known as the '''Shah Mahal'''.<ref name="ASI">{{cite web |url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_tktd_delhi_redfort_diwanikhas.asp |title=Diwan-i-Khas of Red Fort |year=2011 |website= |publisher=[[Archaeological Survey of India]] |accessdate=2013-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922060356/http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_tktd_delhi_redfort_diwanikhas.asp |archive-date=22 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

A gate on the north side of the preceding ''Diwan-i-Am'' audience hall led to the innermost court of the palace called ''Jalau Khana'' and the ''Diwan-i-Khas''.<ref name="Murray">{{cite book |last=Murray |first=John |year=1911 |title=A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon |url=https://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/197 |edition=8th |location=Calcutta |publisher=Thacker, Spink, & Co. |page=197 |isbn=978-1175486417 |accessdate=2014-01-25}}</ref> Originally there were two enclosures on the west of the hall, one for the nobles and the other for those of a lower rank.<ref name="ASI"/> These arcaded courts were destroyed after the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].

It measures 90 x 67 feet.<ref name="Murray"/> It consists of a rectangular central chamber, surrounded by a series of arches rising from marble piers. The lower parts of the piers are inlaid with floral designs, while the upper portions are painted and gilded. The four corners of the roof are surmounted by pillared ''chhatri''.<ref name="ASI"/>

The ceiling, which was originally inlaid with silver and gold, was stripped bare by successive financial crises of the empire by the Jats or Marattas. The current ceiling was installed in 1911. The later [[Peacock Throne]] from after Nadir Shah's invasion once stood in this hall, towards the east side.<ref name="ASI"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdqTV5ut4m4 |title=
Shah Jahan's Peacock Throne |last1= |date=2008-08-03 |website= |publisher=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=2013-12-07}}</ref>

Through the centre of the hall flowed the Stream of Paradise (''Nahar-i-Bihisht'').. The building used to have red awnings, or ''[[shamiana]]''s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/addorimss/t/019addor0004694u00000000.html |title=The Divan-i Khass in the Palace in the Delhi Fort |publisher=[[British Library]] |date=2009-03-26 |accessdate=2013-12-09}}</ref> Over the corner-arches of the northern and southern walls below the cornice is inscribed the verse of [[Amir Khusrow]]: "If there be a paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this."<ref name="ASI"/> The French traveller [[François Bernier]] described seeing the [[Peacock Throne]] here. [[Jean-Baptiste Tavernier]] described seeing the throne in the ''Diwan-i-Am'', to where it was probably moved, and described five smaller thrones with four on each corner and one in the middle of the hall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/travelsinindia01tavegoog|title=Travels in India|first1=Jean-Baptiste|last1=Tavernier|first2=V. (Valentine)|last2=Ball|date=26 September 1889|publisher=London, New York, Macmillan and co.|accessdate=26 September 2020|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

The interior was completely plundered following the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. The throne, the carpets, and any other items went missing. The hall today is, therefore, only a shell of what it used to be. Recent restoration work has been redone on the panels of inlay and has also reproduced the gilded pattern on one of the pillars fronting the hall.

In the riverbed below the hall and the connected buildings was the space known as ''zer-jharokha'', or "beneath the lattices".

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Delhi, India, White marble palace, Red Fort.jpg|Side view
File:RedFortDelhi-Diwan-I-Khas-20080210-4.jpg|Interior today
File:Red Fort 054.jpg|One of the inlaid marble panels
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==See also==
*[[Diwan-i-Am (Red Fort)|Diwan-i-Am]]
*[[Diwan-i-Khas (Lahore Fort)|Diwan-i-Khas, Lahore]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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