About two kilometer northeast of Qutab Minar in the southern center of Khirkee Village, just off the Press Enclave. center of Khirkee Village it is one of the only two examples of closed mosque in northern India.

There are distinctive window opening with jalis or tracery known as khirkee or latticed windows. Placed on the upper level of the Khirkee Mosque`s exterior wall, these jalis were carved stone shields. The Khirkee Mosque as well as the nearby village got its name from this feature. The Khirkee Mosque of Delhi was built by Khan-i-Jahan, the prime minister of Feroz Shah Tughlaq in the late 14th century and is one of the seven mosques built by him.

Built on an elevated plinth with detritus stone, which was thickly plastered, the Khirkee Mosque is double storied and has a series of basement cells in the lower storey. All the four corners of the of Khirkee Mosque of Delhi have imposing bastions making it look like a fort. There are dwindling minarets on all the three gateways, except the west, with the eastern gate is the main entrance. Today the southern gate is open for the visitors and the devotees.

The courtyard has pillars and is divided into 25 squares with five on each side. Each square is further divided into nine smaller squares. A cluster of nine small low domes made in the Tughlaq pattern covers the following larger squares - the center square of the courtyard with two on the corners, three on each side and one in the middle. The four diagonal squares are left uncovered, through which sunlight finds its way to the inner sanctum of the mosque. The remaining squares are covered with flat roofs, the mosque is partly covered and partly uncovered. It is said that since Khan-i-Jahan used the mosque for his private worship, it was designed like this to beat the intense heat of the region.