Masjid-e-Raheem Khan
{{short description|Mosque in Hyderabad, Telangana, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}
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| location = Karwan, Hyderabad, Hyderabad District, Telangana
| country = India
| religious_affiliation = Islam
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| materials = Basalt
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| inscriptions = Ayat al-Kursi
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The Masjid-e-Raheem Khan, also known as the Rahim Khan's Mosque, is a mosque, located in the Karwan area of Hyderabad, in the Hyderabad district of the state of Telangana, India.{{Cite book |author=Nayeem, M. A. |author-link=M. A. Nayeem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V48MAQAAMAAJ&q=rahim+khan%27s |title=The Heritage of the Qutb Shahis of Golconda and Hyderabad |date=2006 |publisher=Hyderabad Publishers |isbn=978-81-85492-23-0 |pages=172 |language=en}}{{Cite book |author=Khalidi, Omar |author-link=Omar Khalidi |url=https://archive.org/details/hyderabad-guide-2009/page/44/mode/2up |title=A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad, Deccan, India |date=2009 |pages=44}}{{Cite book |last=Bilgrami |first=Syed Ali Asgar |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.63136/page/n83/mode/2up |title=Landmarks Of The Deccan |date=1927 |pages=53–55}}
The mosque was completed in 1643 CE.
Architecture
Haroon Khan Sherwani described the mosque as having practically all the peculiarities of Qutb Shahi mosques.{{Cite book |last=Sherwani |first=Haroon Khan |author-link=Haroon Khan Sherwani |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aoYgAAAAMAAJ |title=History of the Qutb Shāhī Dynasty |date=1974 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers |pages=546–547 |language=en}} The mosque has three arched entrances. It is flanked by two minarets on each side. In front of the courtyard is a terrace with some graves.{{Cite book |author=Yazdani, G. |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.90887/page/n77/mode/2up |title=Epigraphia Indo - Moslemica |date=1921}}
The prayer hall measures {{convert|27|by|18|ft|m|order=flip}}. The Ayat al-Kursi is inscribed in the Thuluth script in black basalt on the semi-decagonal mihrab.
See also
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References
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{{Mosques in India}}
{{Qutb Shahi monuments}}
Category:17th-century mosques in India
Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in India
Category:Mosques completed in the 1640s
Category:Mosques in Hyderabad, India
Category:Qutb Shahi architecture
Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1643
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