Jhalra Mosque

For similarly named mosques, see List of grand mosques.

Jhalra Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Friday mosque
Leadership	Qari Hassan
Status	Active
Location
Location	Madhusudanpur Nand Urf Jhalra, Bijnor district, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Country	India
Location of the mosque in Uttar Pradesh
Geographic coordinates	29°25′41″N78°10′56″E / 29.4281763°N 78.18211321°E / 29.4281763; 78.18211321
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Founder	Abdul Rahman Mansoori
Groundbreaking	1858
Completed	1875
Construction cost	₹1,000,000
Specifications
Capacity	400 worshippers
Length	17 m (55 ft)
Width	31 m (101 ft)
Interior area	54 m2 (580 sq ft)
Height (max)	20 m (67 ft)
Minaret(s)	One
Minaret height	24 m (80 ft)
Site area	349.9 m2 (3,766 sq ft)
Materials	Cement

The Jhalra Mosque, also known as the Jhalra Jama Masjid, is a Friday mosque ^[1] in the Madhusudanpur Nand Urf Jhalra village, in the Bijnor district of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Construction of the mosque commenced in 1858 and was completed in 1875, during the British Colonial period. ^[2] The mosque was rebuilt by Maulana Qari Furkan in 2004.

History

Hafiz Abdul Salam, the son of Abdul Rehman Mansuri, contracted Maulana Qari Furqan of Jhandapur to rebuild this mosque. Construction was started in 2004 ^{[3] [4]} at a cost of 10 lakh rupees. People of Jhalri village and Naseeri village come to this mosque to offer Jumme ki Namaz because this is the only mosque where Friday Namaz is offered.

See also

• India portal
• Islam portal

• Islam in India
• List of mosques in India

References

1. Kaye, Sir John William (1880). A History of the Sepoy War in India, 1857-1858. W. H. Allen.
2. Basu, Amrita (June 30, 2015). Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-107-08963-1.
3. Singh, Reetu (2007). Revolt of 1857 in Bijnor. Academic Excellence. ISBN   978-81-89901-04-2.
4. Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1900). The Golden Book of India. A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire. With an Appendix for Ceylon. S. Low, Marston & Company.