Site Name: Sikandra (Transport Nagar Colony)
Date:
Subject: Information board
CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
The Kafur’s Mosque and Stone Horse is an early
Mughal-period religious complex located south of the Delhi–Mathura highway in
the transport colony area of Sikandra, Agra district of Uttar Pradesh. Built
between 1605-1613 CE by Itibari Khan, a noble under Emperor Jahangir, the
mosque was constructed in honour of the Sufi saint Khwaja Kafur, as recorded in
a Persian inscription on its eastern facade. Constructed of lakhori bricks, red
sandstone, rubble masonry, and lime mortar, the three-arched, domed mosque is
accompanied by the tomb of Khwaja Kafur and a stone horse representing his pet.
The monument is protected and restored by the Archaeological Survey of India
(Agra Circle).
