Over 300 years old, this is one of Shahjahanabad's four remaining gates; opposite is Ghazi-ud-Din's Tomb and Mosque, built by a nobleman at the time of Aurangzeb.
Ajmeri Gate
Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad)
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One of the few remaining 13th-century gates to Shahjahanabad, this is named after Sufi saint Hazrat Shah Turkman Bayabani, whose tomb lies to the east.
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