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The Masjid-i-Jehan-Numa, commonly known as the Jama Masjid (Urdu: جامع مسجد, romanized: jāme masjid) of Delhi, is one of the largest Sunni mosques in India. [1]Its builder is the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, between 1644 and 1656, and inaugurated by its first Imam, Syed Abdul Ghafoor Shah Bukhari.
Jama Masjid or Jama Mosque or Jami Masjid or Badi Masjid, one of the largest Mosques in India, is a 15th-century mosque built by Hussain Shah Sharqi of the Jaunpur Sultanate in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of the chief tourist attractions in Jaunpur.
Nainital's Jama Masjid was built in 1865 during the British period. Historian Professor Ajay Rawat said that although this mosque is from the British period, it was renovated in 1996-97. The reason for its renovation was the lack of space here. Due to lack of space, Muslims had to gather outside on the road to offer namaz, which affected traffic.
The Jama Masjid was the fifth mosque structure built during Ahmed Shah I's reign. [4] The prior mosques had either been modest in size or were for private use. [ 4 ] The Jama Masjid was the complete opposite of its predecessors in that it was a large, grandiose structure.
The Jama Masjid is a Friday mosque, located near the Killa Arrak in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, in the state of Maharashtra, India.Completed in 1612 CE and extended in 1692, the mosque is historically significant because it was constructed very soon after the foundation of Aurangabad (then called "Fatehpur") by Malik Amber in 1610. [1]
Buland Darwaza Jama Masjid. The Jama Masjid is situated on the highest point of the rocky ridge on which the Fatehpur Sikri site is located. [7] It is placed on an elevated plinth, built in order to provide a level surface. [3] The mosque complex is surrounded by enclosure walls; just outside the southern wall is a large baoli (octagonal step ...
The Jama Masjid (literally, "congregational mosque") is a mosque located in Hyderabad, in the Indian state of Telangana. It is situated to the northeast of the Charminar at a short distance, approached by a narrow lane. It was built in 1597–98, around the same time as the founding of Hyderabad, and was one of the first mosques to be built in ...
The Jama Masjid of Agra is an early example of imperial city-mosques endowed during the reign of Shah Jahan. [7] It is primarily built of red sandstone, with white marble used intermittently. The mosque covers an area of 1200 square metres, and is elevated above ground level by a raised podium.