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Idgah
 Location
: Near Nili Masjid, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi
Built In : 1404-05
Built By
: Iqbal Khan Alias Mallu Khan
Not far from the Nili-Masjid on its south are the leftovers of an Idgah, with a battlemented rubble wall on the west containing a sequence of eleven mihrabs and originally terminating on the southern and northern ends in a circular stronghold, the latter now having disappeared. At the rear are three projections making the position of the 'minhrabs' on the interior.
An inscription on its southern bastion eulogises Iqbal Khan, commonly known as Mallu Khan, a commanding gracious and nearly the ruler during Mahmud Tughluq's reign. It states that he built the mosque in 807 AH (1404-05), after the destruction fashioned by Timur.
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