page_title: Sunehri Masjid (Chandni Chowk)
hierarchical_section_title: Sunehri Masjid (Chandni Chowk)
caption_attribution_description: English: Masjid Roshun ood Daulah near the Kotuabe at Delhee. The Sunehri Masjid (Golden Mosque) of Roshan ud-Dawla at Chandni Chowk near Kutwali in Delhi. A series of 31 paintings by Ghulam Ali Khan (fl. 1817-55), consisting of views of monuments in and around Delhi, and including four portraits of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah II (reg. 1837-58) and his sons. Watercolour and gold on paper, black margin rules, three title pages, three sheets of portraits, all with identifying inscriptions in English and in Persian in nasta'liq script in black ink, the portraits with further inscriptions in nasta'liq script with the date November 1852 (Christian date written in Arabic), in later mounts, loose in contemporary green leather-covered despatch box, the lid embossed in gold DELHEE 1854. Size paintings 290 x 215 mm. and slightly smaller; mounts 318 x 394 mm.; box 435 x 365 x 110 mm.
context_page_description: The Sunehri Masjid is a mosque in Old Delhi.
  It is located near the Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Chandni Chowk, once an imperial boulevard leading to the Red Fort. The mosque was built by Roshan-ud-Daula Zafar Khan in 1721.
  Apparently the Persian invader Nadir Shah spent several hours on the top of the mosque on 11 March 1739.
  The mosque's original appearance has been altered as extensions to accommodate the faithful have been constructed. The mosque is also under threat from encroachment.
  It is not to be confused with the Sunehri Masjid nearby, or Lahore's Sunehri Masjid.
context_section_description: The Sunehri Masjid (سنهرى مسجد, lit. Golden Mosque) is a mosque in Old Delhi.
  It is located near the Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Chandni Chowk, once an imperial boulevard leading to the Red Fort. The mosque was built by Roshan-ud-Daula Zafar Khan in 1721.
  Apparently the Persian invader Nadir Shah spent several hours on the top of the mosque on 11 March 1739.
  The mosque's original appearance has been altered as extensions to accommodate the faithful have been constructed. The mosque is also under threat from encroachment.
  It is not to be confused with the Sunehri Masjid (Red Fort) nearby, or Lahore's Sunehri Masjid.
caption: Painting of Golden Mosque in the 1850s, by Ghulam Ali Khan
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