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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Mosque in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India}}<br />
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The '''Ahmad Shah's Mosque''', also known as '''Shahi Jam-e-Masjid''' or '''Juni Juma Masjid''', completed in 1414, is the oldest mosque of [[Ahmedabad]], in the state of [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. The structure is a [[Monuments of National Importance (India)|Monument of National Importance]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist_gujarat.asp|title=List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of Gujarat |work=[[Archaeological Survey of India]] |date= |access-date=2016-11-18}}</ref><br />
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==History and architecture==<br />
[[File:Ahmed Shah's Mosque Ahmedabad 1866.jpg|thumb|The mosque in {{circa|1860s}}]]<br />
The mosque was erected by the founder of Ahmedabad, [[Ahmad Shah I]], in 1414. It said to have been used as the royal household's private mosque. According to the inscription at the upper part of the central [[mihrab]], the foundation date seems to be the 4th day of Shawwal month in {{AH|817|link=yes}}, which is 17 December. The pavement is of white marble, the canopy covered pulpit has a yellow marble balustrade carved in a leafy pattern, and white marble steps. In the courtyard is a mound called ''Ganj Shahid'' or the martyrs' mound, the tomb of warriors who perished in Sultan Ahmed's early fights.<ref name=jk>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EL4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA275|publisher=Government Central Press|page=276|year=1879}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name=dna>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-ahmed-shah-mosque-to-get-rs22-lakh-facelift-1606391|title=Ahmed Shah mosque to get Rs22 lakh facelift|date=2 November 2011|accessdate =14 December 2014|publisher=DNA}}</ref><br />
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The mosque covers area of {{convert|700|m2}} and have two rows of ten large domes surrounded by several smaller domes. The mosque is supported by 152 pillars and have four arched gateways. There are eight perforated stone windows and 25 fine carved pillars.<ref name=dna/> The pillars inside the mosque were taken from Hindu/[[Jain temple|Jain]] temples, and some still possess Hindu figures. One pillar retains an inscription in [[Old Gujarati]] dated from 1252 from the reign of [[Vaghela dynasty|Vīsaladeva Vāghelā]], identifying its origin from a temple to Uttareśvara in Mahiṁsaka (an unidentified locality in North Gujarat).<ref name="jk" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hope |first=Theodore C. |title=Architecture at Ahmadabad: The Capital of Goozerat |publisher=John Murray |year=1866 |pages=40 |chapter=Description of the Buildings at Ahmedabad}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Commissariat |first=M. S. |title=A History of Gujarat: Including a Survey of its Chief Architectural Monuments and Inscriptions |publisher=Longmans, Greene, and Co. Ltd. |year=1938 |volume=I |pages=106–107}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sankalia |first=Hasmukh D. |title=Studies in the Historical and Cultural Geography and Ethnography of Gujarat |publisher=Deccan College |year=1949 |pages=194}}</ref><br />
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The mosque was restored in 2011 by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] at cost of {{INRconvert|22|l}}.<ref name=dna/><br />
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==Gallery ==<br />
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AHMEDSHAH MOSQUE.jpg|The mosque and reservoir reflection, in 2018<br />
Carved Piller at Ahmed Shah Mosque - Ahmedabad - Gujarat DSC001.jpg|Carved pillar<br />
Jali Work at Ahmed Shah Mosque - Ahmedabad - Gujarat DSC004.jpg|Lattice work<br />
Jali Work at Ahmed Shah Mosque - Ahmedabad - Gujarat DSC005.jpg|Inside lattice work<br />
Outer View of Doms of Ahmed Shah Mosque - Ahmedabad - Gujarat DSC003.jpg|Outer view of the domes<br />
Jali Work at Ahmed Shah Mosque - Ahmedabad - Gujarat DSC001.jpg|Lattice work in windows of tomb<br />
Jali Work at Ahmed Shah Mosque - Ahmedabad - Gujarat DSC002.jpg|Lattice work<br />
Jali Work at Ahmed Shah Mosque - Ahmedabad - Gujarat DSC003.jpg|Lattice work<br />
Ahmed Shah Mosque (11071398385).jpg|Hindoo pillars<br />
Ahmad Shah's Mosque pillar inscription.png|Pillar containing Vaghela-era inscription<br />
Ahmad Shah's Mosque pillars.png|Pillars bearing figures and motifs<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Islam in India]]<br />
* [[List of mosques in India]]<br />
* [[List of Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat]]<br />
* [[Oldest mosques|Oldest mosque in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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[[Category:Gujarat Sultanate mosques]]<br />
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in India]]<br />
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