Madina Mosque (Bengal)

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The Madina Mosque are two mosques, located in the Nizamat Fort Campus in Murshidabad, in the state of West Bengal, India. The two mosques on the fort campus are the old Madina Mosque, built by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah during the 18th century, and the new Madina Mosque, built by Nawab Mansur Ali Khan in 1847.

The old mosque was a part of the (now destroyed) Nizamat Imambara, built by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, which was partially burnt in a fire in 1842, and was completely burnt when it caught fire on 23 December 1846.{{cite web|title=Nizamat Imambara|url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/Nizamat-Imambara-39804.htm|work=India, the pristine beauty|publisher=Online Highways LLC.|accessdate=17 June 2012|date=29 September 2005}} The old Madina Mosque survived the 1846 fire and was left in its place. When Nawab Mansur Ali Khan{{cite web|title=The History of Murshidabad, The Nawabs of Bengal, Feradun Jah (1838-1881 AD) |url=http://murshidabad.nic.in/history1.htm#Feradun%20Jah |work=Welcome to Murshidabad |publisher=District Magistrate, Murshidabad, Government of West Bengal (India) |accessdate=17 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106125513/http://murshidabad.nic.in/history1.htm |archivedate=6 January 2012 }} built the present Nizamat Imambara in 1847, he built another Madina Mosque inside the new building. Both of the mosques are parallel to the south face of the Hazarduari Palace, that is on the banks of the Bhagirathi River. The old Madina Mosque is situated a little south to the new one and on the west of the clock tower and beside the place where the Bacchawali Tope rests.

Architecture

The old mosque constructed by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, and soil from Mecca was brought which was mixed with its foundation, so that it could provide an opportunity to the poorer members of the local Muslim community to have an experience of Hajj. Constructed primarily of wood, the old Imambara was damaged by fire in 1842 before being completely destroyed by a second fire in 1846.{{cite web |title=Nizamat Imambara |url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/Nizamat-Imambara-39804.htm |publisher=Online Highways LLC |accessdate=17 June 2012 |date=29 September 2005}} However the old Madina Mosque survived the fire. The old mosque is small and is single domed.

The present Nizamat Imambara was constructed in 1847 under the supervision of Sadeq Ali Khan.{{cite web |title=Heritage Murshidabad » Imambara |url=http://www.westbengaltourism.gov.in/web/guest/imambara |publisher=Government of West Bengal |accessdate=17 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207000455/http://westbengaltourism.gov.in/web/guest/imambara |archivedate=7 December 2011 }}{{cite web|title=The History of Murshidabad |url=http://murshidabad.nic.in/history1.htm#Feradun%20Jah |publisher=District Magistrate, Murshidabad, Government of West Bengal |accessdate=17 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106125513/http://murshidabad.nic.in/history1.htm |archivedate=6 January 2012 }} The new Madina Mosque is located within the grounds of the new Nizamat Imambara. The new mosque was built on a raised platform decorated with ornamental china tiles, and the foundation contains soil from Karbala. It is said that in the past, fountains stood between the Memberdalan and the new Madina Mosque, encircling the shrine. The arches and the walls of the mosque are ornamented with texts from the Quran.

Gallery

Nizamat Imambara 2.jpg|The Nizamat Imambara with the dome of the new Madina Mosque in the background. The old Madina Mosque is in the foreground, on the left.

Map of Nizamat Imambara.JPG|A map of the Nizamat Fort Campus, showing the Nizamat Imambara in yellow and the buildings inside it, including the new Madina Mosque

Nizamat Fort Campus.JPG|A map of the Nizamat Fort Campus, showing the Nizamat Imambara in yellow and other buildings, including the old Madina Mosque