Place · Mughal victory mosque · India
Kabuli Bagh Mosque, Panipat
Also known as Kabuli Bagh Masjid
Kabuli Bagh Mosque is the first Mughal monument in India — built in 1527 by Babur to commemorate his victory at the First Battle of Panipat (21 April 1526) over Ibrahim Lodi and named after his wife Kabuli Begum. Three-domed plan with a central pishtaq and plaster-finished brick; the pre-Mughal Lodi architectural vocabulary is already Timurid. The adjacent Chabutara Fateh Mubarak was added by Humayun after his 1555 reoccupation of Delhi.
- Function
- Religious institution & practice
- Patron dynasty
- Mughal
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 29.398, 76.968
Connections (2)
- Site withinPanipat
Kabuli Bagh Mosque stands on the plain west of Panipat city, on the First Battle of Panipat ground.
- BuiltZahiruddin Babur
Babur commissioned Kabuli Bagh Mosque in 1527 to commemorate his victory at the First Battle of Panipat the previous year, naming it after his wife Kabuli Begum. It is the earliest Mughal monument on the subcontinent; the three-domed plan with a central pishtaq is already Timurid in idiom. Humayun added the Chabutara Fateh Mubarak after his 1555 reoccupation of Delhi.
Sources
Standard reference (Archaeological Survey of India).
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