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The Jama Masjid, also known as Jamiya Masjid or Jumma Masjid, is a congregational mosque in Bijapur, in the state of Karnataka, India. Initiated by Ali Adil Shah I of the Bijapur Sultanate in the 16th century, the mosque was never completed. It is the largest mosque in Bijapur, and has a capacity of 4,000 worshippers.
The Jama Masjid was frequently used for non-religious, political purposes, against the rules instituted. While the British could police and clamp down on political activities in public spaces, the Jama Masjid was a religious space and was hence protected from such action, by both law (Religious Endowment Act, 1863) and the sentiments of Delhi. [22]
Buland Darwaza Jama Masjid. The Jama Masjid is situated on the highest point of the rocky ridge on which the Fatehpur Sikri site is located. [7] It is placed on an elevated plinth, built in order to provide a level surface. [3] The mosque complex is surrounded by enclosure walls; just outside the southern wall is a large baoli (octagonal step ...
The Jama Masjid was the complete opposite of its predecessors in that it was a large, grandiose structure. The mosque complex has a large paved courtyard that can be entered from three different directions. [4] The courtyard has an ablution tank in the middle. [4] The west side of the building is home to the prayer hall.
Jama Masjid: It is a Jama Mosque meaning the congregational mosque and was perhaps one of the first buildings to be constructed in the complex, as its epigraph gives AH 979 (A.D. 1571–72) as the date of its completion, with a massive entrance to the courtyard, the Buland Darwaza added some five years later. It was built in the manner of ...
The mosque was built by the Sharqi dynasty of the Sunni Jaunpur Sultanate in the 15th century. The dynasty was established by the powerful eunuch Malik Sarwar (also known as Malik-as-Sharq, meaning "peer of the east") in Jaunpur after the decline in Tughlaq dynasty power, precipitated by both internal decline due to factors such as profligate spending by Firuz Tughlaq and by the sack of Delhi ...
The Jama Masjid, also known as the Friday Mosque of Gulbarga, the Great Mosque of Gulbarga Fort, and formally as the Jamia Masjid - Qila-e-Hasham, is a Friday mosque located in Kalaburagi (formerly known as Gulbarga), in the state of Karnataka, India. [1] The mosque is located within the Gulbarga Fort complex, in Kalaburagi.
The Jama Masjid is a Friday mosque, located near the Killa Arrak in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, in the state of Maharashtra, India.Completed in 1612 CE and extended in 1692, the mosque is historically significant because it was constructed very soon after the foundation of Aurangabad (then called "Fatehpur") by Malik Amber in 1610. [1]