This mosque known as Humayun’s Mosque was built by the Mughal emperor Humayun (CE 1529-1556 ) at a place where the Lat erected by the Delhi Sultan Firoz Shah Tughluq was already standing. The mosque consists of an oblong open courtyard 925 m x 18 m). To the west of this mosque is built a screen made of lakhauri bricks. The screen contains a mihrab flanked by two arched recesses on either side. An inscription praising emperor Humayun was found here.
In view of its historical importance it was declared protected as an monument of national importance vide notification no. PN,513 dated 01.09.1911.