Zeenat-ul-Masajid

Zeenat-ul-Masajid, popularly the Ghata Masjid or 'Cloud Mosque', stands in Daryaganj in Old Delhi, south of the Red Fort and overlooking the Yamuna. Aurangzeb's second daughter, Zeenat-un-Nissa, had it built early in the 18th century, at a time when the Mughal elite were funding many mosques. During the siege of Delhi British forces seized it and used it as a bakery for their troops, and it was later partly lived in.

The mosque sits on a high plinth. Three marble domes with red sandstone stripes, crowned by inverted lotus finials, rise above a façade with three arches on each side of the marble-faced central portal, which is framed by slender turrets. Three-storey minarets stand at each end. The height of the portal and domes recalls Shah Jahan's Jama Masjid, while the bulbous domes on narrow necks are typical of Aurangzeb's period.