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{{Infobox religious building
| building_name =Achut Bibi's Mosque and Tomb
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| caption =Achut Bibi's Mosque, 1862
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| map_caption =Location in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
| location =Dudheshwar, [[Ahmedabad]]
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| funded_by =Imad ul Mulk
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| designated = [[Monument of National Importance]]<br />ASI Monument No. N-GJ-24
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'''Achut Bibi's Mosque and Tomb''', also known as '''Shahi Masjid''' locally, is a medieval mosque and tomb complex on the bank of [[Sabarmati river]] in Dudheshwar, [[Ahmedabad]], India.

==History and architecture==
[[File:Achut Bibi's Mosque Ahmedabad 1866 Minarets.jpg|thumb|Minarets of the mosque circa 1866|left]]
[[File:Tomb near Achut Bibi's Mosque Ahmedabad 1866.jpg|thumb|The tomb, 1866|left]]
Achut [Achhut] Bibi's mosque was built in 1469 by Haji Malik Bahauddin, entitled Imad ul-Mulk, one of [[Mahmud Begada]]'s (1459-1511) ministers, for his wife Bibi Achut Kuki whose tomb is close by. Very little is known about Bibi Achut Kuki. Possibly she was an important member of royal [[harem]].<ref name=gg>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad|year = 1879|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EL4IAAAAQAAJ&q=dastur+khan+mosque&pg=PA284|publisher=Government Central Press|page=284}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name="The Hindu1">{{cite news|title=Adhesives injected to protect monuments|date=2001-02-19|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/02/19/stories/0219000h.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141211185431/http://www.thehindu.com/2001/02/19/stories/0219000h.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-12-11|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2014-12-11}}</ref>

The mosque and tomb are enclosed in stone walls. The entrance has two arches and two minarets with [[Indo-Islamic architecture]]. Its large enclosure was once adorned by seven minarets, three at the outer and two at the inner entrance, and two on the mosque itself. Except the lower parts of the mosque minarets, all seven were thrown down and destroyed in the [[1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake]].<ref name=gg/><ref name="The Hindu1"/>

The tomb complex of Bibi Achut Kuki is located on the south end of the mosque. It is an open canopy with thirty two pillars and eight domes under which several unmarked tombs are located. The exact tomb of Bibi is not identifiable as flagstones are missing.<ref name=gg/><ref name="The Hindu1"/> The tomb and mosque was again damaged in [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]] and was restored by [[Archaeological Survey of India]]. The structures are also threatened by encroachments.<ref name="The Hindu1"/><ref name="toi2011">{{cite news|title=PEARLS OF PAST: Need Some Elbow Room|work=The Times of India|date=25 November 2011|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/pastissues2/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOIA%2F2011%2F11%2F25&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=2&EntityId=Ar00202&AppName=2|access-date=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213193323/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/pastissues2/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOIA%2F2011%2F11%2F25&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=2&EntityId=Ar00202&AppName=2|archive-date=13 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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[[Category:Mosques in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1469]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat]]

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