Haibat Khan's Mosque
Mosque in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Haibat Khan's Mosque is a medieval mosque in Ahmedabad, India.
| Haibat Khan's Mosque | |
|---|---|
 Haibat Khan's Mosque, photograph published in 1866 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Ahmedabad |
| Municipality | Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation |
| State | Gujarat |
  Location in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India  Haibat Khan's Mosque (Gujarat) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 23.0138889°N 72.584°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Style | Indo-Islamic architecture |
| Founder | Haibat Khan |
| Designated as NHL | Monument of National Importance ASI Monument No. N-GJ-40 |
The mosque is located to south-west of Dastur Khan's Mosque near Jamalpur gate. It was built by Haibat Khan (also known as Masti Khan), one of Ahmed Shah I's nobles and paternal uncle, almost entirely of Hindu-Jain temple material. Though of little beauty, this mosque is one of the earliest attempts to combine Islamic and Hindu elements of architecture. The front wall is plain, pierced by three small pointed arches; the minarets small and without ornament, rise from the roof; and, with a dwarfed and unlighted clerestory, the centre is barely raised above the side domes. Inside, in the centre, is a dome with beautiful carvings that was once part of a temple mandapa, and pillars taken from different Hindu temples with variety of rich ornament.[1][2][3][4][5]
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
