Saidabad Mosque
{{short description|Mosque in Hyderabad, Telangana, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}
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| caption = The mosque in 1941
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| location = Hyderabad, Hyderabad District, Telangana
| religious_affiliation = Islam
| organisational_status = Mosque
| functional_status = Active
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| established = {{AH|1014|link=yes}}
| founded_by = Mir Mu'min Astarabadi
| materials = Basalt
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The Saidabad Mosque is a mosque in Hyderabad, in the Hyderabad district of the state of Telangana, India.{{Cite book |last=Nayeem |first=M. A. |author-link=M. A. Nayeem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V48MAQAAMAAJ&q=saidabad |title=The Heritage of the Qutb Shahis of Golconda and Hyderabad |date=2006 |publisher=Hyderabad Publishers |isbn=978-81-85492-23-0 |pages=205 |language=en}} The mosque was completed in the early part of the 17th century.
History
The mosque was commissioned by Mir Mu'min Astarabadi.{{Cite book |last=Zore |first=Syed Mohiuddin Qadri |author-link=Mohiuddin Qadri Zore |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/meer-mohammad-momin-hayat-aur-karname-syed-muhiuddin-qadri-zor-ebooks |title= |year=1941 |pages=65 |lang=ur |script-title=ur: میر محمّد مومن: حیات اور کارنامے |trans-title=Mir Muhammad Muʼmin: Life and Achievements}} Along with the mosque was a quadrangle with fifty-six rooms. It might have served as a caravanserai, or as lodging for students and teachers of a madrasa.{{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=316–317 |language=en}}
Architecture
The prayer hall measures {{convert|30|by|21|ft|m|order=flip}}, and the façade contains three arched entrances.
The mihrab is made out of black basalt. Over it is an inscription in the Thuluth script. {{AH|1014|link=yes}} is given in the inscription as the date of the mosque's erection. The Shia durood is carved on either side of the niche.{{Cite book |last=Syed Ali Asgar Bilgrami |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.280768/page/n47/mode/2up |title=Landmarks Of The Deccan |date=1927 |pages=31–32}}
See also
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References
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{{Mosques in India}}
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Category:17th-century mosques in India
Category:Mosques completed in the 1600s
Category:Mosques in Hyderabad, India
Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1605
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