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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Mosque in Hyderabad, Telangana, India}}<br />
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| image = Mahbub Chowk Clock Tower.jpg<br />
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| alt = Black and white image of clock town in 1898<br />
| caption = The mosque, located to the left of the [[Mahboob Chowk Clock Tower]], in 1898<br />
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| map_caption = Location of the mosque in [[Hyderabad]]<br />
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| organisational_status = [[Mosque]]<br />
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| location = [[Hyderabad]], [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad District]], [[Telangana]]<br />
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The '''Masjid-e-chowk''', also known as ''Chowk Ke Masjid'' or ''Jama Masjid Chowk'', is a [[mosque]] located in the [[Mahboob Chowk Clock Tower]], in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], in the [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad district]] of the state of [[Telangana]], India.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-09-19 |title=Hyderabad: 73 years on, Urdu discourse back in Jama Masjid Chowk |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/73-years-on-urdu-discourse-back-in-jama-masjid-chowk/articleshow/86331490.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-07-23 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> The mosque was constructed in 1817 by Khaja Abdullah Khan. The mosque was initially constructed with a three-arched façade. Later four arches were added by extending the structure and the two [[minaret]]s in the front of rectangular hall.<ref name="news">{{cite news|title=Hyderabad: Mosques offer free education, skill development amid school closure|url=https://www.siasat.com/hyderabad-mosques-offer-free-education-skill-development-amid-school-closure-2108001/|last=Fatima|first=Sakina|newspaper=[[The Siasat Daily]]|date=11 March 2021|access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="Bilgrami">{{cite book|title=Landmarks of the Deccan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgo97XF0XuYC|first=Syed Ali Asgar|last=Bilgrami|publisher=[[Asian Educational Services]]|year=1992|isbn=9788120605435|access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref>{{rp|107}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Islam in India]]<br />
* [[List of mosques in Telangana]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Mosques in India}}<br />
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[[Category:19th-century mosques in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mosques completed in the 1810s]]<br />
[[Category:Mosques in Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1817]]<br />
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