On the Delhi Mutthura road near Tilak Bridge there lies a mosque built by Shaikh Abdu-n Nabi the Sadru-s Sadur (Chief Justice- Religious Matter) of Jalaluddin Akbar.
Shaikh Abdun- Nabi was the grandson of Famous Sufi Saint Shaikh Abdul Quddus Jaunpuri then Gangohi R.A. of Sabriya Chishtiya Order, He was the descendant of Imam Abu Hanīfah. Shaikh Abdun Nabi was appointed sadr-ul-sadur in 1565, by Jelaluddin Akbar.
Mosque of Shaikh ‘Abdu-n Nabi, belongs to the style of early Mughal architecture but It was built of rubble masonry rendered with plaster and consists of an oblong hall measuring some 73′ north and south by 33′ east and west with a central hemispherical dome.
Indian Mutiny, Fate of Jama Masjid and other Islamic Buildings of Delhi:
The modern-day mosque is situated inside the headquarter of Jamiat Ulma e Hind and lost much of Its original appearance. Several alterations and additions have been made after the partition of India.
Jamiat Ulema-e- Hind have made many changes, except its dome, main sanctuary and Qibla wall. they also added a beautiful garden into the courtyard with beautiful Hauz and Fountain.
When Bashirudd Ahmed Dehlvi visited the mosque before 1919 it was in an advanced stage of decay at that time some ornamentation of many coloured tiles on the walls spandrel and the eastern apartment was still there but fast disappearing albeit to a certain extent have already disappeared.
Indian Mutiny and auction of Fatehpuri Masjid:
According to Gordon Sanderson an officer with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the Superintendent, Mahomedan and British Monuments, Northern Circle it was too ruined to repair and its adjacent room, courtyard and its doorway on the east almost disappeared and can only be traced by remains of foundations or accumulated debris.
There was an inscribed marble tablet measuring 3′ 6″ by 2′ 21″ was installed at the Central Arch that is now in the custody of the Delhi Museum of Archeology. The inscription consisting of five lines of Arabic Persian poetry written in Naskh characters runs as follows:
Translation.
(1) “During the reign of the emperor Akbar, may God perpetuate his beneficent person,
(2) A sacred edifice, like which there is none in the regions, was built,
(3) By the Shaikhu-l Islam,” the pilgrim of Mecca and Medina and the universally acknowledged chief of the learned in the sayings of the Prophet,
(4) (Named) Shaikh ‘Abdu-n Nabi Nu’mani, the mine of learning and the spring of beneficence.
(5) The date of the foundation of this edifice Faizi inquired of wisdom. It answered ‘The best place.”
“Written by Nanshabi.”
The inscription composed by Faizi, the chronogram, of which the numerical value is 983 A.H. (1575-6 A.D.) indicates the date of its construction.
After 1957, Friday prayers were offered for the first time in Mosque of Shaikh ‘Abdu-n Nabi, on December 11, 1964, led by Maulana Asad Madani, the chief of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind and a special supplication was performed by Maulana Yusuf head of Tabligh Jamaat on the order of Shaikh ul Hadees Maulana Zakariya.
