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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Mosque in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India}}<br />
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{{About|the mosque in Maharashtra, India|other uses|Gharib Nawaz (disambiguation){{!}}Gharib Nawaz}}<br />
{{Infobox religious building<br />
| building_name = Gharib Nawaz Masjid<br />
| native_name = गरीब नवाज मशीद<br />
| native_name_lang = mr<br />
| image = Gharib Nawaz.jpg<br />
| image_upright = 1.4<br />
| caption = The mosque at night, in 2011<br />
| map_type = India Maharashtra<br />
| map_size = 250<br />
| map_relief = 1<br />
| map_caption = Location of the mosque in [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| location = [[Mominpura, Nagpur|Mominpura]], [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]] <br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|21.0927|N|79.0542|E|region:IN-MH_type:landmark|format=dms|display=it}}<br />
| latitude = <br />
| longitude = <br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Sunni Islam]]<br />
| sect = [[Sufism|Sufi]] [[Barelvi movement]]<br />
| status = [[Mosque]]<br />
| functional_status = Active<br />
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| leadership =<br />
| website = <br />
| architect = {{ubl|Mohammad Ayyub Ansari Noori|Tariq Ansari Noori}}<br />
| architecture_type = {{nowrap|[[Mosque architecture]]}}<br />
| architecture_style = Modern [[Indo-Islamic architecture|Indo-Islamic]]<br />
| capacity = 1,500 worshippers<br />
| length = <br />
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| dome_quantity = One<br />
| dome_height_outer = {{cvt|5|m}}<br />
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| year_completed = 1999<br />
| minaret_quantity = Two<br/>{{nowrap|{{small|(under construction)}}{{when|date=January 2025}}}}<br />
| minaret_height = {{cvt|80|ft|m|order=flip}}<br />
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| materials = Concrete; marble; glass; metals<br />
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The '''Gharib Nawaz Masjid''' ({{langx|mr|गरीब नवाज मशीद}}), also known as the '''Gharib Nawaz Mosque''', is a [[Sufism|Sufi]] [[mosque]] affiliated with the [[Barelvi movement]], located in the [[Mominpura, Nagpur|Mominpura]] area of [[Nagpur]], in the state of [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Enotes|url=http://www.enotes.com/topic/Gharib_Nawaz_Mosque}}</ref> The mosque was named after [[Mu'in al-Din Chishti|Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti]], a [[Sufi saint]]. The dome of the mosque is similar to the Shrine of [[Khwaja Gharib Nawaz]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Masjid Gharib Nawaz |work=Wikimapia |url=http://wikimapia.org/16736108/MASJID-GHARIB-NAWAZ |date=n.d. |access-date= }}</ref><br />
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== Architecture ==<br />
The mosque was completed in 1999 in a modern version of [[Indo-Islamic architecture]]. The walls of the mosque and its twenty-seven arches are covered with marble. There are [[calligraphy|calligraphic]] verses derived from the [[Quran]] on every arch. The ornamentation on the walls includes the names of four khalifahs and Ahl Al Bait.<br />
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==Visits==<br />
[[Mohammad Ilyas Attar Qadri]], the leader of [[Dawat-e-Islami]], and Muhammad Owais Raza Qadri, the [[Naat Khawan]], both visited the mosque in 1997. In 2004, Mohammad Imran Attar visited the mosque. Sheikh Al Islam Madani Miyan, Sayyad Hashmi Miyan, and other Muslim scholars have also visited the mosque.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dawat-e-Islami, Mujalla-e-Mumbai |work=Madani Press |location=Mominpura, Mumbai |year=2007 |page= |isbn= }}</ref><br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
<gallery><br />
Wudhu Khana.jpg|''[[Wuzu]]'' khana<br />
Upper Portion.jpg|Upper portion<br />
Wuzu.jpg|''Wuzu'' khana <br />
Arch Pillar.jpg|View of dome<br />
Inside Minbar.jpg|Minbar<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Islam in India]]<br />
* [[List of mosques in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* {{cite web |url=http://maps.google.co.in/maps/place?hl=en&gs_upl=8399l9849l1l10029l7l7l0l7l0l0l0l0ll2l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1024&bih=600&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=gharib+nawaz+mosque+nagpur&fb=1&gl=in&hq=gharib+nawaz+mosque&hnear=0x3bd4c0a5a31faf13:0x19b37d06d0bb3e2b,Nagpur,+Maharashtra&cid=4260474405394304010 |title=Gharib Nawaz Mosque |publisher=Google Maps |date=n.d. |accessdate=2012-05-16}}<br />
* {{cite web |author=Muj, Raza |url=https://www.panoramio.com/photo/28327049 |title=Photo of Masjid Gharib Nawaz |publisher=Panoramio |date=2009-10-29 |access-date=2012-05-16}}<br />
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