Jama Masjid
Jama Masjid (جَامع مَسجد), also spelled Jame Mosque, Jami Masjid, Jameh Mosque, Jamia Masjid, or Jomeh Mosque, refers to the main mosque, of a town, city, area or village, which hosts the special Friday noon prayers and, in case there is no allocated open space (Musallah or Eidgah) available or nearby, the Eid prayers. These are sometimes called Congregational mosques or Friday mosques.[1]
Language and etymology
The term "Jama Masjid" or "Jame Masjid" comes from Persian Masjed-e Jame (مسجد جامع), from Arabic: مَسْجِد جَامِع, translit. Masjid Jāmi‘, meaning "congregational mosque" (in Arabic, the term is simplified to "جَامِع Jāmi‘"). In non-Arab Muslim nations, the word jāmi‘ ("that which gathers, congregates or assembles") is often, though erroneously, conflated with another word from the same root, jumu‘ah (Arabic: جُمُعَة "assembly, gathering"), a term which is used for the Friday noon prayers (Arabic: صَلَاة الْجُمُعَة, translit. Ṣalāṫ al-Jumu‘ah literally "prayer of assembly") and the day itself (Arabic: يَوْم الْجُمُعَة, translit. Yawm al-Jumu‘ah literally "Day of Assembly").[2] This is due to the fact that the Friday prayers (or Jumu'ah prayers), which require congregations, are only held in congregational mosques, usually the main mosque or central mosque, and hence they are also sometimes known as Friday mosques.[1]
List
Many places come to be known as a Jama Masjid as a proper name. These structures are listed below.
Afghanistan
- Jama Masjid of Balkh – ruins, located in Balkh, Afghanistan[1]
- Jama Masjid of Herat, of Ghurid, Timurid and modern construction in Herat[3]
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Canada
- Jami Mosque, High Park, Toronto
China
India
- Cheraman Juma Masjid in Kodungallur, Kerala
- Kazimar Big Mosquein Madurai, Tamilnadu
- Masjid Zeenath Baksh, Karnataka
- Goripalayam Mosquein Madurai, Tamilnadu
- Sungam Mosquein Madurai, Tamilnadu
- Palaiya Jumma Palli in Kilakarai,Tamilnadu
- Athar Jamad Masjidin Coimbatore,Tamilnadu
- Kottaimedu Mosque, Coimbatore,Tamilnadu
- Jama Masjid Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
- Jama Masjid Gulbarga, Karnataka
- Jama Masjid, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
- Jama Masjid, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- Jama Masjid, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
- Jama Masjid, Bijapur, Karnataka
- Jama Masjid, Chalakpur Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Jama Masjid, Champaner, Gujarat
- Jama Masjid, Dangoh Una, Daulatpur, Himachal Pradesh
- Jama Masjid, Old Delhi, National Capital Region
- Jama Masjid, Erandol, Maharashtra
- Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, Agra
- Jama Masjid, Hasanpur, Amroha, Uttar Pradesh
- Jama Masjid, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Jama Masjid, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- Jama Masjid, Ludhiana, Punjab
- Jama Masjid, Mandu, Madhya Pradesh
- Jama Masjid, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
- Jama Masjid, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Jama Masjid, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Jama Masjid, Nagpur, Maharashtra
- Jama Masjid, Nahan, Himachal Pradesh
- Jama Masjid, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
- Jama Masjid, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Jama Masjid Behrora Kithore Meerut Utter Pradesh
- Jama Mosque, Furus, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra
- Jame Masjid, Jamui district, Bihar
- Jamia Masjid, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
- Juma Masjid, Pullancheri, Kerala
- Masjid Badal Khan, Hasanpur, Amroha
- Palayam Juma Masjid, Trivandrum, Kerala
- Shahi Jamia Mosque, Adoni, Andhra Pradesh
- Shia Jama Masjid, Delhi, National Capital Region
- Thazhathangady Juma Masjid, Thazhathangady, a "heritage zone" of Kerala
- Hira Masjid, Pathankot, Punjab
- Some Random Jama Masjid, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
Indonesia
Iran
- Jameh Mosque of Ardestan
- Jameh Mosque of Ashtarjan
- Jameh Mosque of Borujerd
- Jameh Mosque of Fahraj
- Jameh Mosque of Ferdows
- Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
- Jameh Mosque of Nain
- Jameh Mosque of Nishapur, Khorasan Province
- Jame Mosque of Qazvin
- Jameh Mosque of Saveh
- Jameh Mosque of Tabriz
- Jameh Mosque of Varamin
- Jame mosque of Yazd
- Jameh Mosque of Zanjan
- Jameh Mosque of Amol
Kenya
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Nepal
- Nepali Jame Mosque, Kathmandu
Pakistan
- Jamia Masjid Hanfia, Chak Abdul Khaliq
- Jamia Mosque (Khudabad), Sindh Province
- Jamia Masjid Sialkot, Punjab
- Juma Mosque, Lahore
- Juma Mosque Gole Market, Karachi
- Jamia Mosque, Thatta
- Jameh Masjid Sadria, Darbar-e-Sadria, Haripur
Russia
South Africa
Tanzania
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Uzbekistan
- Djuma Mosque (Russian: Джума мечеть) in Khiva
- Dzhuma Mosque (Russian: Джума мечеть) in Tashkent
See also
- Salat, formal worship in Islam
- Bibi Ka Maqbara also known as Mini-Tajmahal
- Lists of mosques
References
External links
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