Imambara Shah Najaf

{{Infobox religious building

| religious_affiliation = Shia Islam

| map_type = India Uttar Pradesh#India

| coordinates = {{coord|26.8585|80.9462|format=dms|region:IN|display=title, inline}}

| location = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

| country = India

| founded_by = Nawab Ghazi Uddin Haider

| year_completed = 1823

| materials = Lakhauri bricks

}}

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Shah Najaf Imambara is one of the several imambaras in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

History

Shah Najaf Imambara was constructed by Nawab Ghazi-ud-Din Haider in 1818,{{Cite journal |last=Haider |first=Sanobar |date=2018 |title=The Architecture of the Imamabadas in Lucknow; Imambada Sibtainabad |journal=International Journal of History and Research |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=1–10 |doi=10.24247/ijhrdec20181|doi-access=free }}{{Cite web |title=India - Monograph Series, Part VII-B, Vol-I, Uttar Pradesh - Census 1961 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31379 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=censusindia.gov.in}} the last nawab wazir and the first King of the Oudh state in 1818 to 1827. The building was named after the term Shah-e-Najaf (King of Najaf) which is an allusion to Ali.{{Cite web |title=Shah Najaf Imambara {{!}} Save Our Heritage |url=https://saveourheritage.in/shah-najaf-imambara/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |language=en-US}} This imambara served as Ghazi-ud-Din Haider's mausoleum. His three wives Sarfaraz Mahal, Mubarak Mahal and Mumtaz Mahal are also buried there.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

The thick walls around the mosque are said to have withstonod the heavy gun fires of British naval brigade during their advance in 1857.{{Cite web |title=SHAH NAJAF MOSQUE - TuckDB Postcards |url=https://tuckdbpostcards.org/items/104951/pictures/122211 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=tuckdbpostcards.org |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610073153/https://tuckdbpostcards.org/items/104951/pictures/122211 |url-status=dead }}

Location

Shah Najaf Imambara is located near Gomti river on the Rana Pratap Road almost 4 kilometres away from the Bada Imambara.{{Cite web |title=Shahnajaf Imambara {{!}} Welcome to UP Tourism-Official Website of Department of Tourism, Government of Uttar Pradesh, India |url=https://uptourism.gov.in/en/post/shahnajaf-imambara |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=uptourism.gov.in}} It is close to the Sikandar Bagh Chauraha and is flanked by National Botanical Research Institute on one side. The monuments is quite close to Hazratganj market.

File:Shah Najaf Mosque in 2013 2014-05-30 22-00.jpg|Mosque in 2013

File:Shah Najaf Imambara in the 1890s.jpg|Shah Najaf in the 1890s

File:SHAH NAJAF MOSQUE.jpg|Illustration of Shah Najaf Mosque on postcard of Raphael Tuck & Sons

File:SHAH NAJAF IMAMBARA ON THE OBSERVANCE OF MUHARRAM.jpg|Decorations on the observance of Muharram

File:Inner view of Shah Nazaf Imambara, Lucknow 05.jpg|Interiors of the Mosque