Sir Syed Mosque
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "check for unknown parameters".Template:Wikidata image The Sir Syed Mosque, officially the Sir Syed House Mosque and known locally as the Jama Masjid, is a Friday mosque located in the heart of Aligarh Muslim University campus, in Aligarh, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The mosque is situated in a large courtyard in the centre of the university, called the Sir Syed Hall.[1] The tomb of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan is located adjacent to the mosque.[2][3]
Overview
The construction of Jama Masjid was started in 1879 by the founder of the university, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and completed in January 1915.[1] The design of the mosque resembles the huge Mughal Badshahi Mosque of Lahore; and was designed by the Architecture Department of Thompson Engineering College in Roorkee on the pattern of the grand Shahi Masjid, in Delhi.[4] The mosque is well-known for its tolerance in enabling Sunnis and Shi'ite Muslims to worship together.[5]
The inscriptions from the Akbarabadi Mosque, that was destroyed in 1857, were installed at the mosque. These inscriptions are significant as they were designed by Amanat Khan, who also worked on the inscriptions at the Taj Mahal.[6]
Gallery
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The mosque façade
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The mosque courtyard
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Side view of the mosque
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The mosque domes at night
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The tomb of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, in 1953
See also
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- 20th-century mosques in India
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- Buildings and structures in Aligarh
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- Mosque buildings with minarets in India
- Mosques completed in 1915
- Mosques in Uttar Pradesh
- Mughal mosques
- Works by Syed Ahmed Khan