Inauguration of the Red Fort, Delhi

افتتاح القلعة الحمراء بدلهي

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† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Delhi

In 1648 Shah Jahan entered his new palace-fortress, the Red Fort of Shahjahanabad, which became the seat of Mughal power 1.

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The Gunpowder Empires
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South Asia
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164016501660
The Gunpowder Empires

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Delhi

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Shah Jahan

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Founding of Shahjahanabad· Completion of the Jama Masjid of Delhi· Jama Masjid, Delhi (Masjid-i Jahan-Numa)· Coronation of Aurangzeb at Delhi· Humayun returns to Delhi, 962 AH· Ibn Battuta named envoy to China· Nadir Shah sacks Delhi (1739)· Siege of Delhi

Sources

  1. Catherine B. Asher, Architecture of Mughal India (Cambridge 1992)
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Founding of Shahjahanabad

In 1638 Shah Jahan ordered a new walled capital at Delhi, named Shahjahanabad, with the Red Fort at its heart.