Sir Syed Mosque

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.^[1] The tomb of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan is located adjacent to the mosque.^[2][3]

Sir Syed Mosque (Jama Masjid)
The mosque, in 2008
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Festival	Urs: 27 March
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Friday mosque
Status	Active
Adjacent tomb of	Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Location
Location	Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Country	India
Location of the mosque in Uttar Pradesh
Geographic coordinates	27°54′36″N 78°04′53″E
Architecture
Architect(s)	IIT Roorkee
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Mughal
Founder	Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Groundbreaking	1879
Completed	1915
Specifications
Dome(s)	Three
Minaret(s)	Two

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.^[1] 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.^[4] The mosque is well-known for its tolerance in enabling Sunnis and Shi'ite Muslims to worship together.^[5]

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.^[6]

Gallery

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  The mosque façade
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  The mosque courtyard
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  Side view of the mosque
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  The mosque domes at night
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  The tomb of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, in 1953

See also

• India portal
• Islam portal

• Islam in India
• List of mosques in India