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Banbhore, Bambhore, Bhanbhore or Bhambhore (Sindhi: ڀنڀور; Urdu: بھنبھور) is a city dating to the 1st century BCE located in modern-day Sindh, Pakistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The city ruins lie on the N-5 National Highway , east of Karachi .
Jamia Masjid Banbhore Banbhore, Sindh: 727 AD Banbhore is an ancient city dating to the 1st century BC located in Sindh, Pakistan. The eastern part of the city contains ruins of Banbhore Mosque with an inscription dating to 727 AD, sixteen years after the conquest of Sindh, indicating the best-preserved example of the earliest mosques in the ...
Jamia Masjid, Banbhore Banbhore, Sindh Pakistan: 727: This is the oldest mosque of Pakistan which is located in Bhambore. [106] Also believed to be the first mosque in South Asia. [107] Built after the conquest of Sindh. Great Mosque: Budaun: Uttar Pradesh India: 1223 Built by Iltutmish, the 3rd Sultan of Delhi and the Mamluk dynasty; Kazimar ...
The port of Banbhore was located at the mouth of the Indus River. Founded in the 1st century BCE, the main findings date from the Islamic period between the 8th and 13th centuries, including the remains of one of the earliest mosques in the region, dating to 727. The mosque incorporates some reused stones from a previous Hindu structure.
The best-preserved example of a mosque from the days of the infancy of Islam in South Asia is the ruined mosque at Banbhore in Sindh, Pakistan, from the year 727, from which only the plan can be deduced. [5] The start of the Delhi Sultanate in 1206 under Qutb ud-Din Aibak introduced a large Islamic state to India, using Central Asian styles. [6]
The site of Banbhore hides large numbers of remains of a settlement. [1] Banbhore is an ancient archaeological site and the city is more than 2100 years old. It is located 64 km (40 mi) from Karachi in Hyderabad District. It was the capital of chief Bamboo Raja around the 10th century and was named after him.
The earliest example of a mosque from the days of infancy of Islam in South Asia is the Mihrablose mosque of Banbhore, from the year 727, the first Muslim place of worship in South Asia. Under the Delhi Sultan, the Persian-centralasiatic style ascended over Arab influences.
A study of these inscriptions by Muhammad Abdul Ghafur (1966) concluded strongly in favour of identifying Debal with Banbhore, [8] [9] and as of 2012 his conclusion has remained unchallenged. [ 8 ] Meanwhile, Syed Shakir Ali Shah (1996) has also proposed that both Debal and Lahari Bandar were at Juna Shah Bandar (aka Jaki Bandar, in Mirpur ...