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{{Short description|Mosque in Mehrauli, Delhi, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}
{{distinguish|Moti Masjid (Red Fort)}}
{{for|similarly named mosques|Moti Masjid (disambiguation){{!}}Moti Masjid}}
{{Infobox religious building
| building_name = Moti Masjid
| native_name =
| image = Moti Masjid, Mehrauli, Delhi.jpg
| image_upright = 1.4
| caption = The mosque [[façade]] in 2009
| coordinates = {{coord|28.51918|77.18020|format=dms|type:landmark_region:IN-DL|display=it}}
| location = [[Mehrauli]], [[South Delhi]], [[Delhi NCT]]
| country = [[India]]
| map_type = India Delhi
| map_size = 250
| map_alt =
| map_relief = 1
| map_caption = Location of the mosque in [[Delhi]]
| religious_affiliation = [[Islam]]
| status = [[Mosque]]
| functional_status = Active
| architect =
| architecture_type = {{nowrap|[[Mosque architecture]]}}
| architecture_style = [[Mughal architecture|Mughal]]
| year_completed = 1709
| dome_quantity = Three
| minaret_quantity =
| materials = White marble
| module =
}}

The '''Moti Masjid''' ({{Literal translation|Pearl Mosque}})<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Dadlani |first=Chanchal B. |title=From stone to paper: architecture as history in the late Mughal Empire |year=2018 |isbn=978-0-300-23317-9 |location=New Haven [CT] |oclc=1024165136}}</ref>{{rp|63}} is an 18th-century [[Mughal architecture|Mughal]] mosque located in [[Mehrauli]], in the [[South Delhi]] district of [[India]]. Named for its white marble,<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Alfieri |first=Bianca Maria |title=Islamic architecture of the Indian subcontinent |date=2000 |publisher=Laurence King Pub. |author2=Borromeo, F. |isbn=81-85822-74-3 |location=London, WC |pages=275–276 |oclc=44536138}}</ref> the mosque was constructed during the reign of [[Bahadur Shah I]], in the vicinity of the ''[[dargah]]'' of [[Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki]].

== Location ==
The Moti Masjid is located in Mehrauli, to the west of Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki's ''dargah''. Adjacent to the mosque is a burial enclosure containing the graves of several 18th and 19th-century emperors, such as [[Bahadur Shah I]], [[Ahmad Shah Bahadur|Ahmad Shah]], [[Shah Alam II]], and [[Akbar II]].<ref name=":0" />{{rp|63}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Asher |first=Catherine B. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/chol9780521267281 |title=Architecture of Mughal India |date=1992-09-24 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-0-521-26728-1 |pages=293–294 |doi=10.1017/chol9780521267281 }}</ref>

== History ==
The Moti Masjid was built in 1709, during the reign of [[Mughal emperor]] [[Bahadur Shah I]].<ref name=":0" /> The mosque is typically considered to have been constructed by Bahadur Shah; however, Dadlani argues that it is more likely the mosque was built by a family member or deputy of the emperor.<ref name=":0"/>{{rp|184}} The construction of the mosque in the vicinity of Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki's ''dargah'' is reflective of the unprecedented Mughal patronage at the ''dargah'' beginning with Bahadur Shah I.<ref name=":2" />

During communal uprisings in the [[Partition of India|partition]] era, the Moti Masjid was attacked, despite being a protected monument. The mosque's marble ''[[Minaret|minars]]'' were torn off and smashed. This was amidst the occurrence of similar attacks on several other Islamic religious sites in Delhi, as part of larger anti-Muslim violence in the city.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lahiri |first=Nayanjot |title=Appropriating the past: philosophical perspectives on the practice of archaeology |date=2012 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |author2=Scarre, Geoffrey |author3=Coningham, Robin |isbn=978-1-139-77570-0 |location=Cambridge |pages=296–297 |chapter=Partitioning the Past |oclc=817224884}}</ref>

== Architecture ==
The Moti Masjid in Mehrauli is the last example in the Mughal tradition of providing small marble-faced mosques. The mosque is a single-aisled prayer hall of five bays.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Koch |first=Ebba |title=Mughal architecture : an outline of its history and development, 1526-1858 |date=1991 |publisher=Prestel |isbn=3-7913-1070-4 |location=[[München]], Germany |pages=130–131 |oclc=26808918}}</ref> This is a departure from the previous [[Moti Masjid (Red Fort)|Moti Masjid in the Red Fort]], which is double-aisled.<ref name=":2" /> The [[façade]] of the mosque bears three scalloped archways,<ref name=":1" /> with a ''[[pishtaq]]'' in the centre.<ref name=":3" /> The structure is topped by three domes, resting on constricted necks. Each corner of the east central bay is lined by balustrade-like columns.<ref name=":2" />

The mosque is surrounded by enclosure walls; one of these walls is shared with that of the ''dargah'', while the southern wall opens to the burial enclosure, also made of marble.<ref name=":0" />{{rp|63}}

== See also ==
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* [[Islam in India]]
* [[List of mosques in India]]
* [[List of Monuments of National Importance in Delhi]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category-inline|Moti Mosque, Mehrauli}}

{{Mosques in India}}
[[Category:18th-century mosques in India]]
[[Category:Marble buildings]]
[[Category:Mehrauli]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Delhi]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in India]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in India]]
[[Category:Mosques completed in the 1700s]]
[[Category:Mosques in Delhi]]
[[Category:Mughal mosques]]
[[Category:Stone buildings in India]]

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