1959-62 Survey

This mosque consists of a prayer hall three bays deep and eleven bays long on the western side of a central courtyard, surrounded by arcades one bay deep around the north, south and east sides, from which gateways project. Two covered aisles connect the south and north gateways and the east gateway and the central portion of the prayer hall, dividing the interior courtyard into four squares. Tapering circular turrets like minarets are built on the four corners of the mosque, and also flank the three gateways and the central miḥrāb at the rear. Small domes top the prayer hall, the arcades and the interior aisles. More than half of them are now in a ruinous condition. A dedicatory inscription over the east gateway is dated 772 A.H. (1370-71) and records the name of Fīrūz Shāh Tughluq. Period II.

IOC: III-13; ASI: I-240

カーリー=マスジッド(Kālī Masjid)として知られており,ニザームッディーン・オーリヤーの墓の南南東約200メートルにある。附図.I-9
内庭の西側に,間口11間・奥行3間の礼拝室があり,他の三方を,奥行1間の廻廊がめぐっている。東・南・北の三面には,それぞれ門が張り出しており,内庭は,南門と北門,東門と礼拝室の中央の間を結ぶ二つの通路によって四分されたかたちになっている。このモスクの四隅と,三つの門および中央ミフラーブの背後の左右両側には,それぞれ,ミーナール風の小塔がそえられている。礼拝室・廻廊および通路のすべての間には,小さなドームがのせられているが,現在では,その過半数が崩壊してしまっている。
東門の入口の上方に掲げられている碑文には,772A.H.(1370-71A.D.)の年次と,トゥグルク朝のフィーローズ・シャーの名とが記されており,このモスクの建立の時期を示している。第Ⅱ期。
東研.Ⅲ-13;ASI.Ⅱ-240

(1st line of 1959 - 62 Survey translated using Google Translate)

It is known as the Kali Masjid and is located about 200 meters south-southeast of the tomb of Nizamuddin Auliya.

2015-18 Survey

This is in use as a mosque. The arcade in the courtyard that was collapsed in 1959-62 has been repaired and covered entirely in stucco. Some sections have been repaired in a revivalist style, but there is also modern construction using ferro concrete pillars and slabs, such as the north side of the prayer hall and the ablution facility of the northeast courtyard.

[現状] モスクとして使われ、1959-62年には崩れていた中庭内の回廊が修復され、全体がスタッコで上塗りされる。修復部分は、復古的な様式で復元された部分もあるが、礼拝室北側や、北東の中庭部の沐浴施設部分などは鉄筋コンクリートの柱とスラブを用いた現代的様式で新築される。

[平面]M5同様にグリッド状に柱を立てる平面構成で、以後のモスクではこの方式がとられることが多い。東西12間、南北11間で、西辺以外の3辺中央に壁式ドーム建築の門を突出する。西側を間口11間奥行3間の礼拝室とし、中庭に幅1間の回廊をコの字型に回し、中庭を直交する回廊で4分する。分割された中庭は間口4間奥行3間となる。中庭内に回廊を挿入する例は、デリー以外の他のイスラーム圏にはない。室外に面する部分には柱を2本、あるいは4本組み合わせピアの役割を持たせ、スラストを受け止める工夫が見られる。ただし、中庭を東西に横切る廊では、例外的に中庭に面する部分は1本柱とする。

[外観]高い基壇上に建設する点はM3からM5と同様で、3つの門とミフラーブ背後、および建物の4隅に両端に先すぼまりの塔型をもつ。M4やM5の壁式ドーム建築門とは異なり、M4イーワーンや壁モスクに多用された塔型を用いる。

[内観]中庭の軒は、1間毎、両端と中央の2つの持送上にのる。内部架構は全てのベイにペンデンティブ状で半球形ドームをのせ、外観にドームを立上げる。3つの門は四方に開き、内部はスクインチ・アーチで8角形を導き、隅に立方体と梁状の持送を入れ円形を導く。スクインチ・アーチ内は一曲面とする。

(Paragraphs 2nd to 4th from the 2015-18 Survey are translated using Google Translate)

[Plan] Like M5, it has a grid-like structure of columns, and this method has been adopted in many mosques since then. It has 12 bays from east to west and 11 bays from north to south, and a wall-type dome-style gate protrudes from the center of the three sides except for the west side. The west side is a prayer room with a width of 11 bays and a depth of 3 bays, and a one-bay corridor runs around the courtyard in a U-shape, dividing the courtyard into four parts with corridors crossing at right angles. The divided courtyard is 4 bays wide and 3 bays deep. There are no examples of corridors being inserted into a courtyard in other Islamic countries other than Delhi. In the part facing the outside, two or four columns are combined to act as piers, and a device is seen to withstand thrust. However, in the corridor that crosses the courtyard from east to west, the part facing the courtyard is exceptionally made up of a single column.

[Exterior] Like M3 to M5, it is built on a high platform, and has three gates and a tapered tower at both ends behind the mihrab, and at the four corners of the building. Unlike the wall-type dome-architecture gates of M4 and M5, it uses a tower type that is often used in M4 iwans and walled mosques.

[Interior] The eaves of the courtyard rest on two corbels, one at each end and one in the center, for every bay. The internal structure has pendentive-shaped hemispherical domes on all bays, and a dome rises on the exterior. The three gates open on all four sides, and the interior is octagonal with squinch arches, and cubes and beam-shaped corbels are placed at the corners to create a circle. The inside of the squinch arch is a single curved surface.

Map Reference: Grid ref. I-0

IOC Reference: M06, Ill. 17-18

ASI Reference: I-240

Archived IOC Site Record: https://perma.cc/FLF3-ACER

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.