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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Mosque in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India}}<br />
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| name = Bahram Jung Mosque<br />
| native_name = பஹ்ராம் ஜங் மஸ்ஜித்<br />
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| image = Mosque in Anna Salai.jpg<br />
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| caption = The mosque in 2009<br />
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| location = [[Anna Salai]], [[Nandanam]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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| creator = Muhammad Abdullah Qadir Nawaz Khan Bahadur Bahram Jung<br />
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The '''Bahram Jung Mosque''' ({{langx|ta|பஹ்ராம் ஜங் மஸ்ஜித்}}), also known as the '''Nandanam Mosque''', is a [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[mosque]] located in the [[Nandanam]] neighbourhood of [[Chennai]], in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The mosque was constructed between 1789 and 1795 by Muhammad Abdullah Qadir Nawaz Khan Bahadur Bahram Jung, a poet in the court of [[Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah]], the [[Nawab of the Carnatic]].<ref name=Muthiah/> <br />
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Bahram Jung and his younger brother, Hafiz Ahmad Khan, who constructed the [[Hafiz Ahmad Khan Mosque]], incurred huge expenses on part of the Carnatic state that on the death of Wallajah's successor, [[Umdat ul-Umara]], the lands belonging to the brothers were confiscated by the [[East India Company]].<ref name=Muthiah>{{cite book| page=125 |title=Madras, Chennai: A 400-year record of the first city of Modern India |volume=1 |editor=Muthiah, S. |editor-link=S. Muthiah |publisher=Palaniappa Brothers |year=2008}}</ref><br />
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Completed in the [[Mughal architecture|Mughal]] style, the architecture of the mosque reflects the grandeur of [[Islamic architecture|Islamic design]] during the Mughal period. The mosque has many intricate carvings and ornate decorations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chennaiproperties.in/blog/famous-mosques-in-chennai |title=Famous mosques in Chennai |work=Chennai Properties |date=2025 |access-date=26 February 2025 }}</ref><br />
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The mosque is situated adjacent to [[Anna Salai]], an arterial road.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Islam in India]]<br />
* [[List of mosques in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Chennai Topics}}<br />
{{Places of worship in Chennai}}<br />
{{Mosques in India}}<br />
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[[Category:18th-century mosques in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mosques completed in the 1790s]]<br />
[[Category:Mosques in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Mughal mosques]]<br />
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1795]]<br />
[[Category:Sunni mosques in India]]<br />
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