The mosque is located opposite Purana Qila on Mathura Road, southeast of Sher Shah Gate.

[1] This structure was built by one of the most influential and powerful women in Akbar's court, Maham Anga, who was the Emperor's wet nurse and foster mother.

[4] The Persian epigraphy carved on the marble plaque above the arch of the central gate is a chronogram written by Emperor Akbar's court historian and poet, Maulana Shihabuddin Ahmad Khan (pen name: Baazil).

[5] Arabic: کتبہ ٕ تاریخ خیرالمنازل مسجد دہلی بدورانِ جلالالدّین مُحمّد کہ او شُد اکبرِ شاہانِ عادِل چو ماہم بیگمِ عِصمت پناہی بِنا کرد این بِنا بہرِ افاضِل ولے شُد ساعی ٕاین لمعہ ٕخیر شِہاب الدّین احمد خان 'باذِل' زہی خیریّتِ این منزِلِ خیر کہ شُد تاریخ او خیر المنازِل سنہٕ ٩٦٩ ھجری Transliteration:

When Maham Begam the most exalted among chaste noblewomen Ordered the making of this monument for public benefit.