Sir Syed Mosque
{{Short description|Mosque in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
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| festival = Urs: 27 March
| organisational_status = Friday mosque
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| religious_features = Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
| location = Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
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| architect = IIT Roorkee
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| architecture_style = Mughal
| founded_by = Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
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| groundbreaking = 1879
| year_completed = 1915
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The Sir Syed Mosque, officially the Sir Syed House Mosque and known locally as the Jama Masjid, is a Friday mosque located in the heart of Aligarh Muslim University campus, in Aligarh, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The mosque is situated in a large courtyard in the centre of the university, called the Sir Syed Hall.{{cite web |title=Renovation of University Jama Masjid |url=https://www.amu.ac.in/masjid.jsp |publisher=Aligarh Muslim University |date= |access-date= }}{{dead-link|date=March 2025}} The tomb of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan is located adjacent to the mosque.{{cite web |url=https://amu.ac.in/about-us/the-founder |title=About us: The founder |publisher=Aligarh Muslim University |date=2020 |access-date=9 March 2025 }}{{cite web |author1=Hayat, Awwab Saad |author2=Ahmad, Jalees |title=The last days of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan – An eyewitness account |url=https://www.alhakam.org/the-last-days-of-sir-syed-ahmad-khan-an-eyewitness-account/ |work=Alhakam.org |date=4 November 2022 |access-date=9 March 2025 }}
Overview
The construction of Jama Masjid was started in 1879 by the founder of the university, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and completed in January 1915. The design of the mosque resembles the huge Mughal Badshahi Mosque of Lahore; and was designed by the Architecture Department of Thompson Engineering College in Roorkee on the pattern of the grand Shahi Masjid, in Delhi.{{cite web |author=Hamid, Professor Sheeba |url=https://www.travel-impact-newswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Sheeba-hamid-University-writeup.pdf |title=More than concrete blocks: The architectural legacy of Sir Syed |work=Department of Commerce |publisher=Aligarh Muslim University |date=n.d. |access-date=9 March 2025 |page=5 |via=travel-impact-newswire.com }} The mosque is well-known for its tolerance in enabling Sunnis and Shi'ite Muslims to worship together.{{cite web |author=Mughal, Mujahid I. |url=http://twocircles.net/2015jan10/1420903637.html |title=Sir Syed Mosque: Where Religion means Tolerance |work=Two Circles |date=10 January 2015 |access-date=9 March 2025 }}
The inscriptions from the Akbarabadi Mosque, that was destroyed in 1857, were installed at the mosque. These inscriptions are significant as they were designed by Amanat Khan, who also worked on the inscriptions at the Taj Mahal.{{Cite news |date=2017-07-08 |title=The Aligarh connection |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/the-aligarh-connection/article19241453.ece |access-date=2023-08-01 |issn=0971-751X}}
Gallery
Aligarh Muslim University Masjid.jpg|The mosque façade
Mosque, AMU, Aligarh.jpg|The mosque courtyard
Side view of the Jama Masjid of A.M.U.jpg|Side view of the mosque
Syed masjid.jpg|The mosque domes at night
Tomb of Syed Ahmad Khan.jpg|The tomb of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, in 1953
See also
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References
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External links
{{commons category|Sir Syed House Mosque}}
- {{cite web |author=Pritchett, Prof. Emerita Frances W. |url=https://franpritchett.com/00routesdata/1800_1899/aligarhmao/jamamasjid/jamamasjid.html |title=Indian Routes: 1800-1899: Aligarh MAO: Jama Masjid |work=franpritchett.com |date=December 2004 |access-date= |format=photographs of the mosque and tomb }}
- {{cite web |author=Safvi, Rana |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/the-aligarh-connection/article19241453.ece |title=Opinion: The Aligarh Connection |work=The Hindu |date=July 9, 2017 |access-date= |url-access=subscription }}
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