Malik Alam's Mosque

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Malik Alam's Mosque
Malik Alam's Mosque Ahmedabad 1866.jpg
The former mosque in 1866
Religion
Affiliation Islam (former)
Ecclesiastical or organizational status
StatusInactive;
(partial ruinous state)
Location
LocationShah Alam area, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Country India
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Location of the former mosque in Ahmedabad
Geographic coordinates 23°00′03″N72°35′13″E / 23.0008954°N 72.5869734°E / 23.0008954; 72.5869734
Architecture
Type Mosque architecture
Style
Funded byMalik Alam bin Kabir
Completed1422
Specifications
Dome(s)5
Minaret(s)2 (partially damaged)
Official nameMalik Alam's Mosque
Reference no.N-GJ-36

Malik Alam's Mosque, also known as Peer Kamaal's Mosque, [1] is a former mosque, now in partial ruins, in the Shah Alam area of Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India. The structure is a Monument of National Importance. [2]

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Mosque in 1855

History

Malik Alam's Mosque was built in 1422 by one of Sultan Ahmed Shah I's sons-in-law, Malik Alam bin Kabir, styled Vazir-ul-Mamalik.

Architecture

Compared with the earlier buildings in the Ahmedabad, the mosque shows greater skill in fitting the niche and ornament of Hindu temple spires to the base of the Indo-Islamic minaret. [3] [4]

Archaeologist James Burgess wrote in 1900: [5]

It will be seen that [the mosque] has five domes and the roof is supported by 72 pillars (counting those in the open sections of the façade on each side) together with 44 pilasters. The interior dimensions are 112 feet 7 inches by 31 feet 8 inches, and the end and back walls are 3 feet 3 inches thick, that in front being 5 feet 11 inches...the central dome is considerably the higher, but there is in the façade only one large pointed arch in the middle, on each side of the minarets. In the back wall were five marble mihrabs, two in each end, facing the open colonnades, and the central one facing the great arch… The minarets above the level of the façade had been shaken when the upper portions were thrown down, and together with a small canopy on four pillars that stood between the turrets, they were taken down by the Public Works Department about 1882.|Archaeological Survey of Western India, VII by James Burgess

Both minarets were damaged in the 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake. The mosque is threatened by encroachment and illegal construction. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "PEARLS OF PAST: Need Some Elbow Room". The Times of India . 25 November 2011. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of Gujarat". Archaeological Survey of India . Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad. Government Central Press. 1879. pp. 285–286.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ Rama Rao, T. V.; Binani, G. D. (1954). India at a glance: a comprehensive reference book on India. Orient Longmans. p. 754.
  5. ↑ Burgess, James (1900). Archaeological Survey of Western India. Vol. VII. Government Central Press. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

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