FIROZ SHAH KOTLA

According to contemporary historians Firozabad the fifth

city of Delhi built by Firoz Shah Tughluq (1351-88), extended from Hauz Khas to

Pir Ghaib in the north, although no remains of any large city wall to answer to

such a size have been traced. Kotla Firoz Shah, then lying along the banks of

the Yamuna, and now situated on the Mathura road outside the Delhi Gate of

Shahjahanabad, served as its citadel and was called Kushk-i- Firoz, i.e., Firoz’s

palace. 

JAMI MASJID:

Among the few surviving buildings inside the citadel is the Jami Masjid,

ascended by a gateway on north. It is surrounded by a large courtyard with cloisters and a Prayer Hall. The Prayer Hall now in complete ruins, was once used by the Royal Ladies. The mosque and its architecture is an example of Tughluq architecture.The Jami Masjid was one of the largest

mosques in the Tughluq times. Timur mentioned having visited it to say his

prayers. 

TOPRA ASHOKAN PILLAR:

On top terrace of Jami Masjid is installed the Ashokan column from Topra in Ambala District, whic was brought by Firoz Shah and fixed here.

BAOLI:

It lies in the heart of a large garden constructed in the form of subterranean apartments and a large underground canal built on its eastern side through which the water runs into the well which is known as baoli.

KABULI OR KHUNI DARWAZA:

Right on the Mathura road near Maulana Azad Medical College stands

a double storeyed imposing gate named Lal- Darwaza, derived its name from

Khuni-Darwaza, from the tradition that two of Bahadur Shah's sons were

hanged here. 

The ramparts, provided with bastions in the corners, are

pierced by loop-holes, without, however, a platform on which the arrow-

dischargers could stand.