Shahpur Mosque

Shahpur Mosque
Paththarwali Masjid
Shahpur Mosque in 1866
Location in Gujarat, India
Basic information
Location Ahmedabad
Geographic coordinates 23°02′16″N 72°34′50″E / 23.0376798°N 72.5804191°E / 23.0376798; 72.5804191Coordinates: 23°02′16″N 72°34′50″E / 23.0376798°N 72.5804191°E / 23.0376798; 72.5804191
Affiliation Islam
Municipality Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
State Gujarat
Status Active
Heritage designation Monument of National Importance
ASI Monument No. N-GJ-28
Architectural description
Architectural type Mosque
Architectural style Indo-Islamic architecture
Founder Shaikh Husain Muhammad Chishti
Groundbreaking 1565
Specifications
Length 59 m (194 ft)
Width 38 m (125 ft)
Spire(s) 12+44

Shahpur Mosque, also known as Shahpur Paththarwali Masjid or Kazi Mohammed Chishti's Mosque, is a medieval mosque located near Shahpur Gate in Ahmedabad, India.

Plan of Mosque: Scale–50 feet to 1 inch

Shahpur mosque was built in 1565, by Shaikh Husain Muhammad Chishti (d.1574) of Shahpur Qazi religious order. It was never finished. The dimensions are fifty-nine feet long by thirty-eight feet broad. The body, simple and graceful, arched in the under story, and except the central window flat in the upper, is an attempt to combine the pillared and arched styles. The minarets, perhaps in too great contrast to the plainness of the body of the building, are for richness of ornament and delicacy of tracery equal to any mosque in Ahmedabad. The central dome positioned on second floor is supported by twelve pillars. There are forty-four more pillars which support the roof and arches in the façade.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad. Government Central Press. 1879. p. 279.
  • This article includes public domain text from Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad. Government Central Press. 1879. p. 279.
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