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Khan-i Jahan Junan Shah

خان جهان جونان شاه

Son of Khan-i Jahan Maqbul Tilangani and his successor as Firuz Shah Tughluq's vizier for some twenty years, builder by their inscriptions of the Kali Masjid at Nizamuddin (AH 772) and the Kalan Masjid at Turkman Gate (AH 789) 1 2 3.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
Vizier
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
South Asia

ArchitecturePolitics, governance and authority

Overview

Khan-i Jahan Junan Shah was the son of the vizier Khan-i Jahan Maqbul Tilangani and served Sultan Firuz Shah Tughluq as vizier after his father for some twenty years. 2 3 The inscription over the east gate of the Kali Masjid at Nizamuddin names its builder as "Junan Shah Maqbul, entitled Khan-i Jahan, son of Khan-i Jahan" and dates it AH 772. 1

His mosques

He is known to have built seven congregational mosques in and around Delhi and was, the author reports, called a prince of builders. 1 3 Inscriptions give him the Kali Masjid at Nizamuddin and the Kalan Masjid at Turkman Gate, finished in Jumada II 789/1387; modern accounts attribute to him, without an inscription, the Khirki Masjid, the Begumpur mosque and the Kalu Sarai mosque. 2 3 4 5 The author says the Kalan Masjid was completed in the last year of his life, a year before the sultan's death. 3

Connections

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Child of
Khan-i Jahan Maqbul Tilangani
Built
Kali Masjid, Nizamuddin, Delhi· Kalan Masjid, Turkman Gate, Delhi

People and things also explored

Delhi· Khirki Masjid, Delhi· Khan-i Jahan Maqbul Tilangani· Mosque Architecture under Firuzshah Tughlaq· Nizamuddin Dargah· Kalan Masjid, Turkman Gate, Delhi· Kali Masjid, Nizamuddin, Delhi· Agra Fort (Red Fort of Agra)

Sources

  1. Seema Khan, Mosque Architecture under Firuzshah Tughlaq, M.Phil. dissertation, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, 2011 , p. 69
  2. Seema Khan, Mosque Architecture under Firuzshah Tughlaq, M.Phil. dissertation, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, 2011 , p. 80
  3. Seema Khan, Mosque Architecture under Firuzshah Tughlaq, M.Phil. dissertation, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, 2011 , p. 82
  4. Seema Khan, Mosque Architecture under Firuzshah Tughlaq, M.Phil. dissertation, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, 2011 , p. 85
  5. Seema Khan, Mosque Architecture under Firuzshah Tughlaq, M.Phil. dissertation, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, 2011 , p. 90
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islam.museum contributors. “Khan-i Jahan Junan Shah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/khan-i-jahan-junan-shah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.

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A city in northern India; it was the capital of the Delhi Sultanate from the thirteenth century CE and then the Mughal capital.