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{{Short description|Sunni mosque in Kolkata, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}
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| name = Basri Shah Mosque
| native_name = বশরী শাহ মসজিদ
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| image = Bashiri Mosque 11.jpg
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| caption = The mosque, in 2015
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| map_caption = Location of the mosque in [[Kolkata]]
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| religious_affiliation = [[Sunni Islam]]
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| location = [[Kolkata]], [[Kolkata District]], [[West Bengal]]
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| founded_by = Jafir Ali
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The '''Basri Shah Mosque''' is a [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[mosque]], located in the [[Chitpur]]-[[Cossipore]] area of [[Kolkata]], in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Calcutta through 300 years |author=Leoshko, Janice |year= |publisher= |page= |isbn= }}</ref> Completed in {{AH|1219|link=yes}}, it is the oldest mosque in Kolkata, and is situated at the junction of Panchanan Mukherjee Road and Sett Pukur Road. It is one of heritage sites listed by [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]].{{efn|Basri Shah Mosque was recorded in the heritage list of Kolkata Municipal Corporation as "Bashiri Mosque".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/downloads/Graded_List_of_Heritage_Buildings_Grade_I_IIA_IIB.pdf |title=Heritage List With Grade |work=[[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]] |date= |access-date= }}</ref>}} The mosque has three domes and four minarets.<ref name="LHI" /> The mosque is affiliated with the [[Hanafi school]] of worship.

== History ==
[[File:Bashiri Shah's Mazar 04.jpg|left|thumb|Shrine of Basri Shah]]
Before the establishment of Kolkata there was an old mosque in the place of present Basri Shah Mosque.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bajpai |first=Lopamudra Maitra |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Stories_of_the_Colonial_Architecture/rg40EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Basri+Shah+Mosque&pg=PA151&printsec=frontcover |title=Stories of the Colonial Architecture: Kolkata-Colombo |date=2019-02-07 |publisher=Doshor Publication |isbn=978-81-939544-0-9 |language=en}}</ref> The present mosque was built in {{AH|1219}} by Jafir Ali. The mosque was named after the shrine of Basri Shah situated nearby. Basri was a [[Muslim saint|saint]] who was from [[Basra]] in [[Iraq]] and settled in Kolkata sometimes between 1760 and 1790. After his death a shrine was made by his followers.<ref>{{cite book |title=Mosques in Calcutta |author=Roy, Pijush Kanti |date=2012 |publisher= |location= |page= |isbn= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-24 |title=Basri Shah Mosque: The story behind this ancient structure |url=https://english.natungati.in/basri-shah-mosque-the-story-behind-this-ancient-structure/ |access-date=2025-07-04 |website=Natun Gati |language=en-US}}</ref>

The mosque was abandoned for many years.{{clarify|date=March 2025|reason=Dates and reference, please.}} The Kolkata Municipal Corporation added the mosque to its heritage list with renovation work.<ref name=LHI>{{cite web |url=https://www.livehistoryindia.com/story/history-daily/basri-shah-mosque/ |title=Basri Shah Masjid: Kolkata's Oldest Mosque |author=Chakraborty, Amlan |date=5 April 2021 |website=livehistoryindia.com }}</ref>

== See also ==
{{stack|{{portal|India|Islam}}}}
* [[Islam in India]]
* [[List of mosques in India]]
* [[List of mosques in Kolkata]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{commonscat-inline|Bashiri Mosque}}

{{Mosques in India}}
{{Mosques in West Bengal}}
{{Mosques in Kolkata}}

[[Category:19th-century mosques in India]]
[[Category:Hanafi mosques]]
[[Category:Indo-Islamic mosques]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in India]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in India]]
[[Category:Mosques completed in the 1800s]]
[[Category:Mosques in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Murshidabadi architecture]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1804]]
[[Category:Sunni mosques in India]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Kolkata]]

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