1959-62 Survey

The building consists of a domed central chamber which is the main prayer room, and adjoining rooms to the north and south, each three bays long and one bay deep. The two bays nearest the main room are wide open on the east, while the bays at each end form a closed room. East of that again, an outside staircase leads to the roof. Some kind of building appears to have continued to the north and south, but now, because of the large amount of alteration that has occurred, and the press of private dwellings around, it is unclear what their original form was.

ムニールカー(Munirka; Munīrkā)のモスクとよぶ。ムニールカー部落のほぼ中央附近にある。附図.F-11
この建物は,ドームをいただく中央の礼拝主室と,その南北につらなるそれぞれ間口3間・奥行1間の部屋とからなっている。中央の主室に近いそれぞれ二つの間は,東に大きく開いているが,両端の間は密室になっていて,その東には,屋上に到る階段が張り出している。さらに,その南北にも,なんらかの建物がつづいていたらしく思われるが,現在では,改変が著しく,また民家が密集しているので,本来のすがたを明らかにすることはむずかしい。第Ⅱ期。
東研.Ⅶ-12;ASI.Ⅱ-310

2015-18 Survey

This is in a crowded residential area in Munirka and could not be found in the 2015 survey. In 2018, a local Muslim named Mehboob Abbasi led us to the structure, where a cenotaph has been placed immediately below the central dome to create a shrine (but the cenotaph is turned 90 degrees relative to a Muslim cenotaph). The two bays on the north side are used as a residence of two adjoining rooms. The steps on the east side of the north edge lead to the rooftop. The two bays on the south had dwellings constructed above them and could not be seen.

[現状]Munirkaの込み合った住宅地内にあり、2015年には見つけることができなかったが、2018年の調査では地元のイスラーム教徒Mehboob Abbasi氏の案内で発見することができた。中央ドームの直下にはセノタフが配置され、祠堂となるが、セノタフの向きがムスリムのものとは異なる。北側の2ベイは住宅として2室続きで使われる。北端東側の階段を屋上へ上るために用いた。一方、南側の2ベイは、上部に住宅が建ち、存在の確認はできなかった。

[平面]中央の壁式ドーム室と側室からなり、両側室は東に開放的な2ベイと端部の閉ざされた部屋からなり、両端に屋根への階段が取り付く。Monuments of Delhiには、中央ドーム室は外形7.3m四方、翼部は南北11.3m東西4.5mで、モスクの南には10m×4.5mの建物があり、近くにモスクの南門があったとする。

[外観]壁式ドーム室は東面中央を矩形に突出させ、その中にアーチ開口部を作る。8角形ドラムに頂部飾を回し、ドームをいただく。側室では東面を2本柱とし、1間ごとに両端と2つの持送を配し、軒をもつ。壁式ドーム室および側室の壁の高さはほぼ同じで、頂部飾は確認できない。

[内観] 壁式ドーム室はスクインチ・アーチで8角形を導くが、斜行アーチのスパンは中央アーチのスパンよりもかなり広い。壁式ドーム室の南北面のアーチは現在閉ざされるが側室に続いた。側室はクロス・ヴォールトとする。

(Paragraphs 2-4 from the 2015-18 Survey translated with Google Translate)

[Plan] It consists of a central walled dome room and side rooms, and the two side rooms consist of two open bays to the east and closed rooms at the ends, with stairs to the roof attached at both ends. According to the Monuments of Delhi, the central dome room is 7.3m square, the wings are 11.3m north to south and 4.5m east to west, and there is a 10m x 4.5m building to the south of the mosque, and the south gate of the mosque was nearby.

[Exterior] The walled dome room has a rectangular protrusion in the center of the east side, with an arch opening inside it. A crown ornament is placed around an octagonal drum and the dome is topped by a dome. The side room has two columns on the east side, two corbels at both ends and every bay, and has eaves. The walls of the walled dome room and side room are roughly the same height, so the crown ornament cannot be seen.

[Interior] The walled dome room is led into the octagon by a squinch arch, but the span of the diagonal arch is much wider than that of the central arch. The arches on the north and south sides of the walled dome room are currently closed, but continue to the side room. The side room has a cross vault.

Map Reference : Grid ref. F-11. Ill. 32b.

IOC Reference : M20, VII-12

ASI Reference : II-310

Archived IOC Site Record: https://perma.cc/LB56-EEHW

Mission Credit Line : Mission for Indian History and Archaeology, University of Tokyo, in 1959-60 , 1961-62: the Resurvey of the Delhi Monuments, Research and Information Center for Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo in 2015-18.