Shahi Jama Masjid

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Burhanpur (Madhya Pradesh)

Jama Masjids are usually built in the most populace parts of the towns, where everybody can have easy access to Jama Masjid. There is only one Jama Masjid in every town. One of the many mosques built here by the many rulers of the Faroqui dynasty. So in 1421 Azam Humayun, one of Faroquis, built a mosque here in Etwara for his queen Ruqiaya called Bibi Ki Masjid, this is first Jama Masjid of this place. The Interior Layout of The Mosque is modeled on the basis of Jama Masjid of Delhi. This Jama Masjid entrance gate is the east and the doors here date from the time of Jahangir. Originally a door is 12 feets tall. A little ahead of the original doors - this time 24 feets high, stone, with delicate carvings. In 1898 the Begum of Bhopal Sikander Jahan Sahiba on way to Bombay stopped here for a brief stay and saw the mosque. She got another gateway built here, a Coming ahead of the main door you can see 22 huzras (meditation seats). These were built here by a Subedar Mirza Abdul Rahim Khan Khana under the supervision of Hazrat Mir Nomaan Nakshabandi who was the Imam (head priest) of the mosque at that time. The identical minars (tower) of the mosque are quite a feature. This Minars about 130 feets tall and they loom all over the mosque. The mosque itself is quite a building is 149 feets tall and 52 feets wide. And about 70 pillars support it naturally. The identical minars (tower) of the mosque are quite a feature. This Minars about 130 feet tall and they loom all over the mosque. The mosque itself is quite a building is 149 foot tall and 52 feet wide. And about 70 pillars support it naturally. The huge hall of the mosque can hold as many as 500 people easily. Towards the west of the mosque on the wall are about 15 mehraabs (prayer alcoves), which have some exquisite carvings on them.

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