page_title: Khirki Mosque
hierarchical_section_title: Khirki Mosque
context_page_description: Khirki Fort, approached from the Khirki Village in South Delhi and close to the Satpula or the seven arched bridge on the edge of southern wall of Jahapanah, was a qila built by Khan-i-Jahan Junan Shah, the Prime Minister of Feroz Shah Tughlaq of the Tughlaq Dynasty. The word 'Khirki' prefixed to fort is an Urdu word that means "window" and hence is also called "The Fort of Windows".
  The Fort, which is in a quadrangular shape, with an unusual fusion of Islamic and traditional Hindu architecture. It is said to be the only monument style fort in North India, which is mostly covered; the totally covered fort of the Sultanate period is, however, in South India at Gulbarga in North Karnataka.
context_section_description: Khirki Fort, approached from the Khirki Village in South Delhi and close to the Satpula or the seven arched bridge on the edge of southern wall of Jahapanah (the fourth city of Medieval Delhi), was a qila built by Khan-i-Jahan Junan Shah, the Prime Minister of  Feroz Shah Tughlaq (1351–1388) of the Tughlaq Dynasty. The word 'Khirki' prefixed to fort is an Urdu word that means "window"  and hence is also called "The Fort of Windows".
  The Fort, which is in a quadrangular shape, with an unusual fusion of Islamic and traditional Hindu architecture. It is said to be the only monument style fort in North India, which is mostly covered; the totally covered fort of the Sultanate period is, however, in South India at Gulbarga in North Karnataka.
caption: Main (East) Entrance Gate
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