Purani Mosque Explained

Building Name:Purani Masjid
Location:Dildarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
Religious Affiliation:Islam
Region:Dildarnagar Kamsar
Territory:Uttar Pradesh
District:Ghazipur
Status:Mosque
Architecture Type:Mosque
Founded By:Raja Daud Khan
Established:1606
Year Completed:1610
Capacity:1000, people
Length:50ft
Width:94 ft
Interior Area:4802 Sqft
Height Max:42 ft
Minaret Quantity:4
Minaret Height:65 ft
Site Area:27660 Sqft

Purani Mosque of Dewaitha was built by Sarkar Dewan Raja Daud Khan Zamindar in 1606 at Dewaitha village. Jama Masjid of Dewaitha is one of the oldest historic monuments in Ghazipur district.[1] [2]

Daud Khan built this mosque in the village before it was known as Daudpur Jama Masjid, but it is now known as Purani Masjid. The Purani Masjid was the third-largest mosque by area in Kamsar. The mosque campus is spread over one-half acre. When the mosque was built in 1606, its minaret was 62 feet in height, the tallest in Ghazipur and Kamsar. Later the minarets became weak so they were demolished and renovated in the 1890s. Now the minarets are 65 feet in height.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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.
  2. Web site: "Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan settlements in Middle Ganga valley".