Chaque fois que le WMF se charge d’un nouveau projet, une dynamique se met en place et va au delà de la restauration proprement dite à laquelle il apporte son soutien. Le travail de notre organisation catalyse non seulement les investissements financiers tiers attirés par nos projets, mais...Read more
Tughlaqabad is considered to be the third extant city of Delhi after Lal Kot and Siri. Ghiasuddin Tughlaq, the founder of the Tughlaq Dynasty, during his short reign (AD 1320–24) built the fortifi ed city of Tughlaqabad, spanning nearly 6.5 km, over a period of only four years. Read more
The 2012 World Monuments Watch sites range from ancient to modern, from urban to remote, and from grand to vernacular. Each site represents a fascinating story of human accomplishment, but equally presents a challenge today for issues as varied as improved stewardship, sustainable tourism, lack of...Read more
In the early fourteenth century, the second Khalji ruler, Alauddin founded the city of Siri, on the plains where his armies met the Mongols in battle. Due west, outside the walls of Siri, he built a large hauz or tank, that was known as Hauz-e-Alai, to supply water to the new city. In the years...Read more
Jahanpanah—literally, ‘Refuge of the World’—also called the fourth city of Delhi, was established in AD 1326 by the second Tughlaq sultan, Muhammad bin Tughlaq. It was created by linking the scattered urban settlements of the older cities of Siri and Lal Kot by extensive walls with thirteen gates...Read more
Chirag Dilli is named for the much-revered Sufi mystic, Nasiruddin Mahmud, Roshan Chiragh-e-Dehli (‘The Illuminated Lamp of Delhi’), who came to Delhi in the early fourteenth century and was a disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya, and later became his successor. Along with Khirki village, south-west of...Read more
The northern end of the Delhi Ridge and the Delhi University today dominate this relatively laid-back area that first came into prominence when the British defeated the Marathas led by the Scindias at the Battle of Patparganj in 1803 and took over the territory around Delhi. A closer inspection...Read more
Few visitors today venture into this area of Delhi, tucked away in the north of the walled city of Shahjahanabad, a little removed from the more popular tourist attractions of Red Fort and Chandni Chowk. Although the area contains few remains from the earlier Sultanate period, it was actively in...Read more
When Firoz Shah Tughlaq restored the Hauz Khas, he also built the Madrasa-e-Firoz Shahi or the ‘College of Firoz Shah’. This was an institution of higher education, endowed by the emperor himself. It became a premier institute of learning that attracted students from far and wide. You can still...Read more
Jahanpanah – literally, ‘Refuge of the World’ – often known as the fourth city of Delhi, came to be established when Muhammad bin Tughlaq, the second Tughlaq sultan set out to establish a new city for himself in about ad 1326. It is said that the sultan wished to unify the scattered urban...Read more