The crown of Shahjahanabad
Commissioned by Emperor Shah Jahan in 1644, the mosque stands as the monumental heart of Old Delhi. We preserve four centuries of architectural majesty and living history.
The stone and the lineage
In 1656, after six years of labor by thousands of stonecarvers and builders, the mosque was inaugurated. It became the anchor of the empire, surviving wars, dynastic shifts, and the passage of centuries.
Today, we document the descendants of those original builders, alongside the calligraphers who maintain the sacred lithography carved into the white marble arches.
Bridging classical Mughal history
Archival Holdings
Our archival mission is twofold: we catalog the physical structure through high-resolution photogrammetry, while recording the oral histories of the families who have lived in the shadow of the minarets for generations.
Our physical and digital repositories contain over twelve thousand high-resolution architectural scans, oral history recordings, and rare Mughal-era lithographs.
By digitizing rare manuscripts, architectural blueprints, and centuries-old land deeds, we ensure that the scholarly lineage of Shahjahanabad remains open to researchers worldwide.
12,000+
archived documents
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