page_title: Gates of Delhi
section_title: Gates in the seventh city
hierarchical_section_title: Gates of Delhi / Gates in the seventh city
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a seldom seen map of Delhi, India, dating to 1858, by London cartographer Edward Weller. Depicts the city of Delhi shortly after the suppression of the Indian Mutiny in 1857. Oriented to the west. Shows what is today Old Delhi west of the Jumna River. Depicts the old city walls, palaces, gates, bazaars, mosques, temples, grave sites and tombs, streets and municipal buildings. Shows the pontoon bridge crossing the Jumna as well as the cantonments to the north of the city. Originally part of the Weekly Dispatch Atlas , but issued only in the 1863 production of the complete Atlas .
context_page_description: The Gates of Delhi were city gates in Delhi, India, built under dynastic rulers in the period that could be dated from the 8th century to the 20th century. They are the gates in
  the ancient city of Lal Kot or Qila Rai Pithora, also called the first city of Delhi in Mehrauli – Qutb Complex;
  the second city of Siri Fort;
  the third city Tughlaqabad;
  the fourth city of Jahanpanah’s of;
  the fifth city of Feruzabad;
  the sixth city of Dilli Sher Shahi, near Purana Qila;
  the seventh city Shahjahanabad of; and
  the eighth modern city New Delhi of British Raj in Lutyens' Delhi of the British rule.
  In 1611, the European merchant William Finch described Delhi as the city of seven castles and 52 gates. More gates were built after that period during the Mughal rule and during the British rule. Only 13 gates exist in good condition, while all others are in ruins or have been demolished. Like all gates denote, the direction of the destination station is the starting name of the gate.
context_section_description: Shahjahanabad, the seventh city of Delhi, was built by Shah Jahan in 1649 like a fortress encircled by strong and high red–brick walls with 14 entry gates to the city, in addition to 16 wicket gates called windows (khirkis in Urdu language). A number of bastions built of stone were added by the British, in addition to repairing the earlier fort, to make the fort more secure. The gates were designed and built for the people to have access and the royal procession to enter or exit when going out in diverse directions. Out of the 14 gates, five gates have survived, namely, the Kashmiri Gate on the north, the Ajmeri Gate on the south-west, the Delhi Gate on the south-east, Turkman Gate on the south and the Nigambodh Gate on the north-east, all of which express vividly the splendor of the city. All the gates are located within a radius of 5–6 km (3.1–3.7 mi) in the present day Old Delhi. The Lahori gate on the Northeast, in the old city, was demolished (some remnant walls are seen at the crossing as may be seen in picture) and the area converted into the present day Lahori Bazar. The gates have a square plan with high arched openings, except for low height of the Nigambodh gate, and two openings—one for entry and another for exit—of the Kashmiri gate. The names of all the gates, which existed during Shahajahan’s time are the Dilli Darwaza (also known as Delhi Gate), Kabuli Darwaza, Raj Ghat Darwaza, Khizri Darwaza, Nigambodh Darwaza, Kela Ke Ghat ka Darwaza, Lal Darwaza, Kashmiri Darwaza, Badar Darwaza, Patthar Khati Darwaza, Lahori Darwaza, Ajmeri Darwaza and Turkuman Darwaza.
  The names of the wicket gates or windows (now none exist) through which people entered and exited from the old fort city were:
  Zeenatul Masajid Khirkee
  Nawab Ahmad Bakhsh ki Khirkee
  Nawab Ghaziuddin ki Khirkee
  Musamman Burj ki Khirkee
  Muslim Garh ki Khirkee
  Naseer Ganj ki Khirkee
  Nai Khirkee
  Shah Ganj Khirkee
  Ajmeri Darwaza ki Khirkee
  Sayyad Bhole ki Khirkee
  Buland Bagh ki Khirkee
  Farash Khana ki Khirkee
  Ameer Khan ki Khirkee
  Khalil Khan ki Khirkee
  Bahadur Ali Khan ki Khirkee
  Nigambodh ki Khirkee.
caption: Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi) in 1863, showing all the gates to walled city.
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