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Jahanpanah literally, Refuge of the World is often known as the fourth city of Delhi. The walls of Jahanpanah were constructed by Muhammad Tughlak in 1328 A.D. It is believed that the sultan (a megalomaniac) desired to desegregate the scattered urban settlements in the area the archaic city of Lal Kot, the soldiers cantonment of Siri, and the citadel of Tughlaqabad into one city by enclosing them at heart a single walled area. After building a part of it, he gave up the rest due to the huge expenses needed for construction. Jahanpanah was created by linking the honest-to-goodness cities of Siri and Lal Kot by a set of two extensive walled sections with a intact of thirteen gates. The western wall had six gates while the eastern had seven. But only the name of Maidan Gate on the west, near an old idgah, survives. Sher Shah removed the walls of this city. Historians believe that the fortified city was for the residence of the sultan and his gallant household so must hav e contained the citadel with the sultans palace complex and the main mosque for the use of the royal family and others. The majority of citys population lived within the walls of Lal Kot. It is also possible that large separate of Jahanpanah continued to be rural or forested during and long subsequently Muhammad bin Tughlaqs reign. Today, the fortifications have survived in small sections, mostly part of the wall that connected Siri to Lal Kot from the south.Due to the expansion of urban India, Jahanpanah has been engulfed by new-fangled residential neighbourhoods while large parts of the walls were demolished to lay advanced infrastructure like roads. Other than the parts of the original wall, very micro survives of what can be dated to Muhammad bin Tughlaqs reign with certainty.Khirki... ...s. at a lower place ground is a three feet wide cell and is almost alter up with soil. It is declared to be Kabir-ud-din Aulias abode below by day and above by night. The group of bui ldings includes ruins of several wall mosques, sound platforms, and gateways. On the roof, a low octagonal drum carries a conelike dome. It is said that the dome was originally surmounted with a gold finial which was stolen at some point. The roof level is edged by carved sandstone crenelation decorations. a tall pointed entrance arch with lotus bud outer boundary design contains a carved corbelled gateway surrounded by a band of white marble. Above the gateway is another arch, within which is set a red sandstone jali (screen with ornamental patterns). Similar patterns exist on the north and south except that the gateway is blocked by a jali of red sandstone. The solid western wall contains the mihrab.