Old Delhi

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A scene from Jama Masjid

Old Delhi (Hindi: पुरानी दिल्ली, Punjabi: ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਦਿੱਲੀ, Urdu: پُرانی دلّی‎ Purānī Dillī), walled city of Delhi, was founded as Shahjahanabad (Hindi: शाहजहानाबाद, Punjabi: ਸ਼ਾਹਜਹਾਨਾਬਾਦ, Urdu: شاہجہان آباد‎) by Indian Emperor Shahjahan in 1639.^[1] It remained the capital of the Mughals until the end of the Mughal dynasty.^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

↑ http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/080817/dmag9.htm Past Present: Shahjahanabad Before 1857; by Mubarak Ali
↑ History of Mughal Architecture; by R. Nath, Abhinav Publications, 2006
↑ City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi; by William Dalrymple, Olivia Fraser. HarperCollins, 1993

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[1] ttp://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/080817/dmag9.htm Past Present: Shahjahanabad Before 1857; by Mubarak Ali

[2] History of Mughal Architecture; by R. Nath, Abhinav Publications, 2006

[3] City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi; by William Dalrymple, Olivia Fraser. HarperCollins, 1993

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