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{{about|the mosque in [[Hayathnagar]], [[Hyderabad]], India|for the mosque near [[Golconda Fort]], Hyderabad, India|Qutb Shahi tombs}}<br />
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| name = Hayat Bakshi Mosque<br />
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| image = Hayat bakshi..... clear picture.JPG<br />
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| caption = The mosque in 2012<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|17.32615|78.59901|region:IN-TE_type:landmark|format=dms|display=title,inline}}<br />
| location = [[Hayathnagar]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad District]], [[Telangana]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Islam]]<br />
| organisational_status = [[Mosque]] and adjoining [[caravanserai]]<br />
| functional_status = Active<br />
| map_type = India Hyderabad<br />
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| map_caption = Location of the mosque in [[Hyderabad]]<br />
| architecture_type = {{nowrap|[[Mosque architecture]]}}<br />
| architecture_style = [[Qutb Shahi architecture|Qutb Shahi]]<br />
| year_completed = 1672 [[Common Era|CE]]<br />
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The '''Hayat Bakshi Mosque''' also '''Hayat Bakshi Begum Masjid''' is a [[mosque]] located in [[Hayathnagar]], near [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], in the [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad district]] of the state of [[Telangana]], India.<ref>{{cite news |title= Photo-docu of monuments begins|url= http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/22/stories/2010102260750300.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101109050911/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/22/stories/2010102260750300.htm|url-status= dead|archive-date= 9 November 2010|newspaper= [[The Hindu]]|date= 2010-10-22|access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref> It was constructed in 1672 during the reign of [[Abdullah Qutb Shah]] the fifth [[Sultan]] of [[Golconda]], and named after [[Hayat Bakshi Begum]].<ref name="india1">{{cite web|url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/Hayat-Bakshi-Begum-Mosque-15096.htm |title=Hayat Bakshi Begum Mosque in Hayath Nagar India |publisher=India9.com |date=2005-06-07 |access-date=2011-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/55770/ |title=hayat Bakshi begum masjid |publisher=gigapan |date=2010-08-02 |access-date=2011-05-09}}</ref><br />
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== Architecture ==<br />
The mosque is built in typical [[Qutb Shahi architecture|Qutb Shahi]] style; with the [[Caravanserai|Sarai]], a rest house for the weary travellers. The [[façade]] features five arches, two [[minaret]]s as well as a [[frieze]] and [[parapet]] which runs around the twelve-sided arcaded galleries protruding from the corner minarets. The prayer hall is set on a raised platform. Toward the eastern side of the platform and below the mosque is an [[Ablution in Islam|ablution tank]]. The large complex occupies nearly {{convert|5|acre|ha|order=flip}}. The caravan sarai (rest house) is a {{convert|150|by|130|m}} courtyard. This guest house is said to have 130 rooms. Hathi Bawli (meaning well of [[elephant]]), is a very large well on the north-east of the mosque.<ref name="india1"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/photo-essay-hayath-bakshi-begum-hand-king-three-times-over-42086|title=Photo essay: Hayath Bakshi Begum- The hand of the king, three times over|last=Gopalan|first=Madhumita|date=2016-04-23|work=The News Minute|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref><br />
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==Controversy==<br />
In May 2009, the archaeology and museums department requested permission from the [[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]] (GHMC) to tear down twenty structures abutting the Hayat Bakshi Begum Mosque. The destruction was in violation of the ''Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act'' of 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-25/hyderabad/28160455_1_buffer-zone-mosque-constructions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916055454/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-25/hyderabad/28160455_1_buffer-zone-mosque-constructions |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-09-16 |title=Structures around mosque to be razed |date=2009-05-25 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2011-05-09}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Islam in India]]<br />
* [[List of mosques in Telangana]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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[[Category:Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mosques completed in the 1670s]]<br />
[[Category:Mosques in Hyderabad, India]]<br />
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