The Delhi Sultanate’s Hauz Khas Water Reservoir

Record summary

Hauz Khas, originally the Hauz-i-Alai reservoir, was constructed under Alauddin Khalji and later became associated with buildings from the reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq. It provides a named case for studying urban water storage, catchment, hydraulic maintenance, madrasa architecture, and the political presentation of public works in medieval Delhi. The surviving tank and monuments represent multiple phases rather than one untouched complex. Accounts of its original capacity, feeding channels, silting, and later restoration should be verified against architectural surveys and Persian historical sources.