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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Former mosque in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox religious building<br />
| building_name = Madin Sahib Mosque<br />
| image = Madin_Sahib_Mosque_in_Srinagar_02.jpg<br />
| image_upright = 1.4<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = The former mosque in 2016<br />
| location = [[Zadibal]], [[Srinagar]], [[Srinagar District]], [[Kashmir Valley]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
| map_type = India Jammu and Kashmir<br />
| map_size = 250<br />
| map_relief = 1<br />
| map_caption = Location of the mosque in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
| coordinates = <br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Islam]] {{small|(former)}}<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| status = [[Mosque]] {{small|(former)}}<br />
| functional_status = '''Inactive''';<br/>{{small|(partial ruinous state)}}<br />
| architecture_type = {{nowrap|[[Mosque architecture]]}}<br />
| architecture_style = <br />
| year_completed = 1448<br />
| founded_by = [[Zayn al-Abidin the Great|Sultan Zain-ul-Abideen]]<br />
| length = <br />
| width = <br />
| spire_quantity = One {{small|([[pagoda]])}}<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Madin Sahib Mosque''', also known as the '''Madeen Sahab Masjid''' and the '''Madin Saeb Masjid''', is a former [[mosque]], now in partial ruins, located in the [[Zadibal]] area of [[Srinagar]], in the union territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]].<!-- Who cares about this statement? "The other neighborhoods close to it would be Bagh-e-Ali Mardan Khan and Saz Ghar Poor." --> The mosque is listed as a [[State Protected Monuments|State-protected monument]].<ref name="ASI MNI">{{cite web |url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_list.asp |title=List of State Protected Monuments |work=[[Archaeological Survey of India]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629155409/http://asi.nic.in/ |archive-date=2011-06-29 |date= |access-date= }}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The Madin Sahib Mosque was built by [[Zayn al-Abidin the Great|Sultan Zain-ul-Abideen]] in 1448. He named it after his teacher, Syed Mohammad Madani, who is also buried to the left of the mosque.<ref>{{cite book |author=Khan, Mohammad Ishaq |year=2011 |title=Sufis Of Kashmir |page=313 |publisher=Gulshan Books |location=Srinagar, Kashmir |isbn=978-81-8339-095-8}}</ref> Syed Mohammad Madani became Madin Saeb for Kashmiris. Syed Madani came from [[Medina]] to India with [[Timur]] in 1398. He was sent to Kashmir as Timur's envoy to Sultan Sikander. Madin Sahib liked Kashmir so much that he decided to stay.<ref>{{cite book |author=Mishkati, Baba Dawood |title=Asrar-ul-Abrar |lang= |year= |publisher= |page=39 |isbn= }}</ref> He initially stayed in [[Rainawari]] after becoming a disciple of Syed Mohammad Hamadani. He later on moved close to Badshah's Capital [[Nowshahr|Nowshahar]], where Budshah built him the Khankhah. He died on 11 Rajab 849 (13 October 1445). Khwaja Baha-Ud-Din (Ganj-Bakhash) lead his funeral prayer.<br />
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Following a dispute between [[Sunni Muslims|Sunni]] and [[Shia Muslims|Shia]] Muslims over ownership of the mosque, the mosque was locked in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |author=Razdan, Viniyak |url=https://searchkashmir.org/2014/12/why-is-madin-sahib-locked.html |title=Why is Madin Sahib locked? |work=Search Kashmir |date=8 December 2014 |access-date=7 January 2025 }}</ref><br />
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== Architecture ==<br />
The tile work at the Madin Saeb Mosque is considered one of the unique examples of this art and it is not seen anywhere else in Kashmir or Indian sub-continent.<ref>{{cite book |author=Sabus, Mulla Ahmed |title=Khwarik-us-Salikeen |lang= |year= |publisher= |page=f., 9a |isbn= }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Diddamari, Khwaja Muhammad Azam |title=Waqiat-i-Kashmir |lang= |year= |publisher= |pages=95–96 |isbn= }}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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Madeen Sahib (Madin Sahib) Front..jpg|The front of the mosque<br />
Madeen Sahib (Madin Sahib) Door, showing the orininal writing from the 15th century..jpg|The original writing from the 15th century<br />
Madeen Sahib (Madin Sahib) another picture showing the left side of the front door with recent repairs..jpg|The left side of the front door with recent repairs<br />
File:Madin_Sahib_Mosque_in_Srinagar_01.jpg|Pagoda spire<br />
File:Madin_Sahib_Mosque_in_Srinagar_06.jpg|Front of the mosque<br />
File:Madin_Sahib_Mosque_in_Srinagar_07.jpg|Front of the mosque<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Islam in India]]<br />
* [[List of mosques in India]]<br />
* [[List of State Protected Monuments in Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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[[Category:15th-century mosques in India]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1448]]<br />
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mosques completed in the 1440s]]<br />
[[Category:Mosques in Srinagar]]<br />
[[Category:Mosque ruins in India]]<br />
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