Old Delhi
（重定向自Shahjahanabad）
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![Busy streets near Jama Masjid, Old Delhi.](/Images/godic/202502/10/Streets_near_Jama_Masjid,_Delhi2508.jpg")
![View of Old Delhi from Jama Masjid in June 1973.](/Images/godic/202502/10/1973_Delhi_view2508.jpg")
![Jama Masjid built by Shah Jahan, 1656.](/Images/godic/202502/10/Jama_Masjid,_Delhi,_morning_view2508.jpg")
Old Delhi is a walled city of Delhi, India, was founded as Shahjahanabad (Persian:شاه جهان آباد) by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan in 1639. It remained the capital of the Mughals until the end of the Mughal dynasty. It was once filled with mansions of nobles and members of the royal court, along with elegant mosques and gardens. Today, despite having become extremely crowded and dilapidated, it still serves as the symbolic heart of metropolitan Delhi.