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Jamatkhana or Jamat Khana (from Persian: جماعت خانه, literally "congregational place") is an amalgamation derived from the Arabic word jama‘a (gathering) and the Persian word khana (house, place). It is a term used by some Muslim communities around the world, particularly Sufi ones, to a place of gathering. [1]
Gymkhana (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ m ˈ k ɑː n ə /) (Urdu: جِم خانہ, Sindhi: جمخانه, Hindi: जिमख़ाना, Assamese: জিমখানা, Bengali: জিমখানা) is a British Raj term which originally referred to a place of assembly. The meaning then altered to denote a place where skill-based contests were held.
Next to the dargah is the Jamat Khana Masjid, also known as the Khilji Mosque. The mosque is built of red sandstone [15] and has three bays. Its stone walls are carved with inscriptions of texts from the Quran. The mosque has arches that have been embellished with lotus buds, in addition to the façade of its dome having ornamental medallions.
The Masjid-i-Jehan-Numa, commonly known as the Jama Masjid (Urdu: جامع مسجد, romanized: jāme masjid) of Delhi, is one of the largest Sunni mosques in India. [1]Its builder is the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, between 1644 and 1656, and inaugurated by its first Imam, Syed Abdul Ghafoor Shah Bukhari.
These duties include performing rituals, registering events like births and marriages, maintaining order at their jamatkhana, and helping the Councils and other local institutions. [8] Article 11 of the Constitution states that the Imam will decide “the appointment of Mukhis and Kamadias and their powers, duties, functions, term of office and ...
Kutchi Memons are an Indian Muslim Community and an ethnic group from Kutch in Gujarat, India, who are Kutchi people speaking the Kutchi language.They are related to the Memons associated with the historic state of Kathiawar, a Muslim community of Pakistan and India, who speak the Memoni language.
It was regularly performed in the jamat-khana and has been a cornerstone of Ismaili practics in the Hunza Valley. The Burushaski Qasida is used extensively to describe Ismaili philosophy, theology, and hermeneutics in a vernacular language.
Completed in 1985, it is one of six Ismaili Centres worldwide. and was the first purpose-built jamatkhana and Ismaili centre in North America. [1] [2] The centre has been the subject of sustained, dedicated academic analysis, and presented as a case study of modern Islamic architecture in the West. [3] [4] [5]