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{{Infobox religious building
|name = Kherur Mosque
| native_name = '''An [[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI]] [[List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal|Listed Monument]]'''
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|coordinates = {{coord|24.349291|88.073112|display=inline,title}}
|leadership= Rafa’t Khan
|religious_affiliation = [[Islam]]
|location = Kherur, [[Murshidabad district]], West Bengal, India
|consecration_year= 1495
|architect =
|architecture_type = Mosque
|architecture_style = [[Islamic architecture|Islamic]]
|year_completed=
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'''Kherur Mosque''' (also known as '''Kheraul Mosque''') is located at Kherur in the [[Sagardighi (community development block)|Sagardighi]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Jangipur subdivision]] of [[Murshidabad district]], West Bengal, India.

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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===Location===
Kherur Mosque is located at {{coord|24.349291|88.073112|display=inline}}.

==History==
It is a “brick-built mosque, with a square prayer chamber and a verandah on the front”. It was built by Rafa’t Khan, in 1495, during the reign of [[Alauddin Hussain Shah]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.asikolkata.in/murshidabad.aspx# | title = ASI, Kolkata Circle | work = Kherul Mosque, Killa Nizamat | publisher = Archaeological Survey of India | accessdate = 20 July 2021}}</ref> Rectangular in shape, it is spread over an area of {{convert|2|acres}}.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://murshidabad.gov.in/tourism5.htm | title = Tourism | access-date = 20 July 2021 | work = Sagardighi Zone | publisher = District Administration | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090224094658/http://murshidabad.gov.in/tourism5.htm | archive-date = 24 February 2009 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.india9.com/i9show/-West-Bengal/Kherur-Mosque-47494.htm | title = Kherur Mosque| access-date = 20 July 2021 | publisher = india9.com}}</ref>

According to the [[Archaeological Survey of India]], as mentioned in the [[List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal]] the Kherur Mosque is an ASI Listed Monument.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://asi.nic.in/alphabetical-list-of-monuments-west-bengal/|title=List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of West Bengal - Archaeological Survey of India|publisher= ASI|work= Item no. 115|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>

Amitabha Gupta writes in his photogapher's note: This brick-built Mosque at Kheraul alias Kherur with a single domed square prayer chamber and a triple domed verandah on the front with four minarets at four corners was erected by Rafa't Khan in 1495 AD during the reign of Alaud-Din Husain Shah on the basis of two inscriptions on the mosque. The hemispherical dome of the main prayer chamber fell down in the [[1897 Assam earthquake|earthquake of 1897]]. The mosque is constructed entirely of brick without any stone facing. This mosque at Kheraul is very unique as because it has terracotta decorations on its wall. Only a handful mosques have such decorations on their walls and they predate the famous terracotta temples of Bengal which were constructed between 17th to 19th century.

==Kherur Mosque picture gallery==
<gallery widths="200px" heights="150px">
File:Kherur Mosque Exterior.jpg
File:Mosque at Kheraul at Murshidabad district in West Bengal.jpg
File:Kherur Mosque Interiors.jpg
File:Terracotta decorated mihrabs of Mosque at Kheraul at Murshidabad district in West Bengal.jpg
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Kheraul Mosque}}

{{Murshidabad topics}}
{{Mosques in India}}
{{Tourist attractions in Murshidabad}}

[[Category:Mosques in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Murshidabad]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Murshidabad district]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal]]

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