Shahpur Mosque Explained

Building Name:Shahpur Mosque
Map Type:India Ahmedabad##India Gujarat
Map Size:300px
Location:Ahmedabad
Coordinates:23.0377°N 72.5804°W
Religious Affiliation:Islam
State:Gujarat
Municipality:Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
Functional Status:Active
Architecture:yes
Architecture Type:Mosque
Architecture Style:Indo-Islamic architecture
Founded By:Shaikh Husain Muhammad Chishti
Groundbreaking:1565
Length:59feet
Width:38feet
Spire Quantity:12+44
Designated:Monument of National Importance
ASI Monument No. N-GJ-28

Shahpur Mosque, also known as Shahpur Paththarwali Masjid or Kazi Mohammed Chishti's Mosque, is a medieval mosque located near Shahpur Gate in Ahmedabad, India.

Shahpur mosque was built in 1565, by Shaikh Husain Muhammad Chishti (d.1574) of Shahpur Qazi religious order. It was never finished. The dimensions are fifty-nine feet long by thirty-eight feet broad. The body, simple and graceful, arched in the under story, and except the central window flat in the upper, is an attempt to combine the pillared and arched styles. The minarets, perhaps in too great contrast to the plainness of the body of the building, are for richness of ornament and delicacy of tracery equal to any mosque in Ahmedabad. The central dome positioned on second floor is supported by twelve pillars. There are forty-four more pillars which support the roof and arches in the façade.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad. 1879. Government Central Press. 279.