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{{Infobox religious building
|name = Fauti Mosque
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|image = File:ফুটি মসজিদ(fauti masjid).jpg
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|caption = Fauti Mosque
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|leadership = [[Sarfaraz Khan|Nawab Sarfaraz Khan]]
|religious_affiliation = [[Islam]]
|status = In ruins
|location = Kumarpur, [[Murshidabad district]], West Bengal, India
|consecration_year = 1740
|architect =
|architecture_type = Mosque
|architecture_style = [[Islamic architecture|Islamic]]
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'''Fauti Mosque''' (also '''Phuti Mosque''') is a mosque at Kumarpur in the [[Murshidabad-Jiaganj]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Lalbag subdivision]] of [[Murshidabad district]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. It was built by [[Sarfaraz Khan|Nawab Sarfaraz Khan]] in 1740 AD. The old Fauti Masjid is one of the largest mosques in the town of Kumarpur and [[Murshidabad district]].

==Geography==
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===Location===
Fauti Mosque is located at {{coord|24.185967|88.280506|display=inline}}

It is about 3 quarters of a mile away from the grand and famous [[Hazarduari Palace]].

[[Hazarduari Palace]] and its associated sites in the Kila Nizamat area (forming the central area in the map alongside) is the centre of attraction in Murshidabad. Just a little away are [[Katra Masjid]], Fauti Mosque, [[Jama Masjid, Motijheel|Jama Masjid]] and the [[Motijhil]] area. There is a group of attractions in the northern part of the town (as can be seen in the map alongside). Some attractions such as [[Khushbagh]], [[Rosnaiganj]], [[Baranagar, Murshidabad|Baranagar]], [[Kiriteswari Temple]], [[Karnasuvarna]] and others are on the other side of the river and there are attractions in the neighbouring [[Berhampore]] area also (not shown in the map).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://offbeatweekend.com/mushidabad/ | title = Offbeat Weekend in Murshidabad | work = Outskirts of Killa Nizamat (Northern part) | publisher = Offbeat Weekend | accessdate = 20 July 2021}}</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in Murshidabad city. Most of the places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. A few, without pages yet, remain unmarked. The map has a scale. It will help viewers to find out the distances.

== History ==
It is said to have been built by Nawab [[Sarfaraz Khan]] in 1740, in a single night, however it is said that the [[Nawabs of Bengal|Nawab]] hired the masons for several months where the mater role was called one day. Before completion of the mosque the Nawab died or became '<nowiki/>''Faut''' in a battle with Nawab Alivardi Khan. Hence the people renamed it as Fauti Mosque. This grand mosque is 135 feet long and 38 feet broad. It has five domes and four spiral staircases at its four corners surmounted by cupolas. However, the domes are still incomplete.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://riderdream.com/fauti-mosque/ | title = Fauti Mosque – The Incomplete Mosquue | publisher = Rider Dream | accessdate = 20 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://murshidabad.gov.in/gallery/fauti-mosque/ | title = Murshidabad | work = Futi Mosque | publisher = Murshidabad district administration | accessdate = 20 July 2021}}</ref>

The mosque at present is in ruins and has been overgrown by a jungle nearby. It may fall any moment.

According to the [[Archaeological Survey of India]], the Tomb of Nawab Sarfraz Khan at Naginabagh is a [[List of State Protected Monuments in West Bengal|State Protected Monument]] (Item no S-WB-80).<ref name="ASI MNI">[http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_list.asp List of State Protected Monuments as reported by the Archaeological Survey of India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523134605/http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_list.asp |date=2013-05-23 }}.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad]]

==Fauti Mosque picture gallery==
<gallery widths="200px" heights="150px">
File:The Fauti Masjid - panoramio.jpg|Fauti Mosque
File:Inside Fauti Masjid West Bengal.JPG|Inside Fauti Mosque
File:Phooti Masjid,Murshidabad.jpg|Fauti Mosque
File:The Tomb of Nawab Sharfaraz Khan at Naginabagh.jpg|Tomb of Nawab Sharfaraz Khan at Naginabgh, nearby
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Tourist attractions in Murshidabad}}

{{Mosques in India}}

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[[Category:Mosques in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Murshidabad]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Murshidabad district]]
[[Category:Mosques completed in 1740]]

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