The Sunehri Masjid, Delhi, India
Sunehri Masjid - an Indian mosque located near the Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Chandni Chowk, Delhi, from where (on the Terrace) Emperor Nadir Shah, the Shah of Iran (1736-47) witnessed the terrible slaughter of the inhabitants of the city in 1739. Shah's army had defeated the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah at the battle at Karnal and had taken over control of northern India
Picture No
10694797
Media ID
46576779
Size
5000px x 3225px
(3.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
1909
