Pathar Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in Srinagar, Kashmir}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}

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| caption = The mosque façade in 2016

| location = Old Srinagar, Srinagar District, Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir

| country = India

| map_type = India Jammu and Kashmir

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| map_caption = Location of the mosque in Jammu and Kashmir

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| religious_affiliation = Islam

| status = {{ubl|Mosque {{small|(1620s)}}|{{nowrap|Profane use {{small|(1630s–1930)}}}}|Mosque {{small|(since 1931)}}}}

| functional_status = Active

| year_completed = 1623

| founded_by = Noor Jehan

| architect = Malik Hyde

| architecture_type = {{nowrap|Mosque architecture}}

| architecture_style = Mughal

| length = {{cvt|180|ft|m|order=flip}}

| width = {{cvt|51|ft|m|order=flip}}

| materials = Stone

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The Pathar Mosque, known locally as Naev Masheed (Kashmiri: / ˈnəw ˌməʃiːd̪ /), is a Mughal era stone mosque located in the old city of Srinagar, in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located on the left bank of the River Jhelum, just opposite the shrine of Khanqah-e-Moula.{{cite book |author=Lawrence, W. R. |url=https://www.googlebooks.com/DqAHweWRUs0C |title=The Valley of Kashmir |page=37}} The mosque structure is a Monument of National Importance.{{Cite web|url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist_jk.asp|title=List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Jammu & Kashmir |work=Archaeological Survey of India |date= |access-date=2016-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507130954/http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist_jk.asp|archive-date=2012-05-07|url-status=dead}}

History

The mosque was built by Mughal Empress Noor Jehan, the wife of emperor Jehangir, in 1623.{{cite web |title=Pathar Masjid |work=Kashmir Tourism |url=http://www.kashmirtourism.org/attractions/mosques/pathar-masjid-in-srinagar/ |date= |access-date= }} Soon after its construction, the mosque was declared unfit for prayers and was used instead for non-religious purposes.{{citation|last=Rai |first=Mridu |chapter=To ‘Tear the Mask off the Face of the Past’: Archaeology and Politics in Jammu and Kashmir |title=Kashmir: History, Politics, Representation |editor=Zutshi, Chitralekha |url=https://www.cambridge.org/9781107181977 |year=2018 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-18197-7 |pages=39–41}} The structure was reconverted into a mosque in the early 1930s.{{efn|The reconversion happened in the aftermath of communal riots in 1931, though earlier attempts were made in the 1910s.}}

Architecture

The mosque has some distinct features that separate it from the rest of the mosques in the Kashmir Valley. Unlike other mosques, it does not have the traditional pyramidal roof. Furthermore, the mosque has nine mehraabs (arches), with the central one being larger than the others.{{cite book |author=Alkazi, Feisal |url=https://www.googlebooks.com/5nlsBQAAQBAJ |title=Srinagar: An Architectural Legacy |page=91}}{{cite web |title=A Desecrate Mosque |date=4 September 2016 |url=http://www.bongblogger.com/kashmir-diary-story-of-a-desecrate-mosque-pathar-masjid-srinagar/ |work=Bong Blogger |access-date= }}

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