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A fact from Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 September 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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... that Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan is one of the few surviving madrasas dating from the Mughal Empire, and the oldest continuing school in Delhi, India? Source: "The madrasa of Ghaziu'd-Din Khan represents one of the few surviving Mughal madrasas" - Koch, Ebba (2006). "The Madrasa of Ghaziu'd-Din Khan at Delhi". In Pernau, Margrit (ed.). The Delhi College. New-Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-567723-2. Page 39" The school, today housing Zakir Husain College, has been one of Delhi's leading educational institutions since its establishment and is the oldest continuing school in the city." - Asher, Catherine B. (1992-09-24). Architecture of Mughal India. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/chol9780521267281. ISBN 978-0-521-26728-1 Page 274
Length, date ok. QPQ not needed, no prior DYK. But the sentence backing up the hook doesn't have a direct reference. --Soman (talk) 01:29, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I intended the hook to be supported by the two citations. The Koch citation directly references the Madrasa. The Asher citation doesn't, but here's the full passage:
Among these buildings the complex containing the tomb, mosque and madrasa of Ghazi al-Din, immediately beyond the Ajmer gate, is the largest and best preserved. Such a large edifice on this major thoroughfare underscores the notion that this portion of the city had been undeveloped. The school, today housing Zakir Husain College, has been one of Delhi's leading educational institutions since its establishment and is the oldest continuing school in the city.
Soman, this is from the Koch citation as indicated in my nomination, here is a section of the passage: The madrasa of Ghaziu'd-Din Khan represents one of the few surviving Mughal madrasas; it is an outstanding and well-planned example. The story of the madrasas in South Asia still remains to be written but it is evident that as a building type it did not play a great role in Mughal architecture, nor in the earlier architecture of the Delhi Sultans.