Old Delhi (Hindi: पुरानी दिल्ली) (Urdu: پُرانی دلّی Purānī Dillī), walled city of Delhi, India, was founded as Shahjahanabad (Urdu: شاہجہان 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 because of the failure of the Delhi government to control migrants from moving in, it still serves as the symbolic heart of Islamic metropolitan Delhi.
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