Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque

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Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque
Tomb Mosque Qutub-e-Alam Ahmedabad 1866 Vatva.jpg
Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque and Tomb, in 1866
Religion
Affiliation Sufi Islam (former)
Ecclesiastical or organizational status
StatusInactive
(partial ruinous state
Location
Location Vatva, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Country India
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Location of the former mosque and tomb in Ahmedabad
Geographic coordinates 22°57′24″N72°36′49″E / 22.9565584°N 72.6135886°E / 22.9565584; 72.6135886
Architecture
Type Mosque architecture
Style
Funded by Mahmud Begada
Dome(s)Two (maybe more)
Official nameQutub-e-Alam's Mosque and Tomb
Reference no.N-GJ-47

Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque, or more correctly, Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque and Tomb, also known as Vatva Dargah is a former Sufi mosque and dargah complex in the Vatva area of Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India. The structure is a Monument of National Importance. [1]

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History

Abū Muḥammad ʿabd Allāh b. Nāṣir al-dīn Maḥmūd (or Muḥammad) b. D̲j̲alāl al-dīn Mak̲h̲dūm-i D̲j̲ahāniyān aka Ḳuṭb-i ʿĀlam aka T̲h̲ānī-i Mak̲h̲dūm-i D̲j̲ahāniyān (Maʿārid̲j̲) was a Suhrawardī saint and founder of the Buk̲h̲āriyya Sayyids of Gud̲j̲arāt. He was the grandson of D̲j̲alāl al-dīn Mak̲h̲dūm-i D̲j̲ahāniyān and was born in 1388 in Uchch. According to the Mirʾāt-i Aḥmadī he became an orphan at the age of ten and was raised by his granduncle S̲h̲āh Rād̲j̲ū Ḳattāl who sent him to Gud̲j̲arāt. In Gud̲j̲arāt he was welcomed by his grandfather's disciple Sulṭān Muẓaffar S̲h̲āh I. He studied under Mawlānā ʿAlīs̲h̲īr Gud̲j̲arātī, and after the founding of Aḥmadābād he first settled in Asāual and then at Baṭvā. He received a Ḵh̲irḳa from S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ Aḥmad-i K’hattū. His most notable disciple was his son S̲h̲āh ʿĀlam. [2]

Architecture

The nobles of the courts of Ahmed Shah, Sultan Qutubuddin Ahmad Shah II raised a small shrine first. Afterwards a mosque, a tomb to one of his sons, a large many-sided pond, and a vast mausoleum was built Mahmud Begada. The mosque and son's tomb are in the flat Hindu temple style, without arches or minarets. But in the large mausoleum, with a great gain in size, the arch takes the place of the beam, and the dome is raised high in air by a second tier of arches. The arch, uniformly used with one consistent design, has much beauty and propriety. The tomb is of the most elaborate workmanship surmounted by a richly inlaid canopy. But although the building is incomplete, it wants the outer aisles and has no stone trellis work in its windows. [3] [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of Gujarat". Archaeological Survey of India . Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  2. ↑ S̲h̲afīʿ, Muḥammad (2012). "Burhān al-Dīn Ḳuṭb-i ʿĀlam". In Bearman, P.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C.E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W.P. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Brill.
  3. ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad. Government Central Press. 1879. p. 287.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ "AHMEDABADS OTHER ROZAS". The Times of India . 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

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