Bahram Jung Mosque
Mosque in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bahram Jung Mosque (Tamil: பஹ்ராம் ஜங் மஸ்ஜித்) is a mosque situated in the neighbourhood of Nandanam in Chennai, India. The mosque was constructed between 1789 and 1795 by Muhammad Abdullah Qadir Nawaz Khan Bahadur Bahram Jung, a poet in the court of Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah, the Nawab of the Carnatic.
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| Bahram Jung Mosque | |
|---|---|
பஹ்ராம் ஜங் மஸ்ஜித் | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Location | |
| Location | Nandanam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
  Shown within Tamil Nadu | |
| Geographic coordinates | 13°03′45.9″N 80°15′51.5″E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Creator | Muhammad Abdullah Qadir Nawaz Khan Bahadur Bahram Jung |
| Groundbreaking | 1789 |
| Completed | 1795 |
Bahram Jung and his brother, Hafiz Ahmad Khan incurred huge expenses on part of the Carnatic state that on the death of Wallajah's successor Umdat ul-Umara, the lands belonging to the brothers were confiscated by the East India Company.
- S. Muthiah, ed. (2008). Madras, Chennai: A 400-year record of the first city of Modern India. Vol. 1. Palaniappa Brothers. p. 125.
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