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{{short description|Indian Mosque}}
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'''Jama Masjid''' (originally named as '''Safa Masjid''') is a five century old [[Mosque]] in [[Golconda]], [[Hyderabad]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sur|first=Aihik|date=10 January 2019|title=Illegal construction damaging Hyderabad's oldest mosque|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2019/jan/10/illegal-construction-damaging-citys-oldest-mosque-1923138.html|access-date=2020-12-06|website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> It was constructed in 1518 by the first [[Qutb Shahi dynasty|Qutb Shahi]] ruler [[Sultan Quli Qutb Shah]]- while he was governor of the [[Bahmani Sultanate]] in [[Telengana]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nanisetti|first=Serish|date=2020-02-11|title=Golconda's identity gets marred again|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/golcondas-identity-gets-marred-again/article30786861.ece|access-date=2020-12-06|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Nanisetti|first=Serish|date=2016-07-13|title=Masjid marred by a new minaret|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/Masjid-marred-by-a-new-minaret/article14486603.ece|access-date=2020-12-06|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ifthekhar|first=J. S.|title=Architectural marvels of spirituality|url=https://telanganatoday.com/architectural-marvels-spirituality|access-date=2020-12-06|website=[[Telangana Today]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==

In 1518 (924 [[Islamic calendar|Hijri]]) [[Sultan Quli Qutb Shah]] (later the first [[Qutb Shahi dynasty|Qutb Shahi]] ruler) a governor of [[Telangana]] under the [[Bahmani Sultanate|Bahmani sultan]] [[Mahmood Shah Bahmani II]] rebuilt the mud-fort of [[Golconda fort|Golconda]] and named the city as Muhammad Nagar, During the same year the mosque was constructed as "Safa Masjid" later to be known as Jama Masjid, Golconda. In the year 1543, Sultan Quli was assassinated in this mosque while in prayers by Mir Mahmud Hamadani, Quiladar of Golconda fort who was instigated by heir apparent [[Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah]] son of Sultan Quli.<ref name="Bilgrami">{{cite book|title=Landmarks of the Deccan: A Comprehensive Guide to the Archaeological Remains of the City and Suburbs of Hyderabad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgo97XF0XuYC|last=Bilgrami|first=Syed Ali Asgar|pages=108–112|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=9788120605435|year=1992|access-date=7 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Golconda|url=http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~islamarc/WebPage1/htm_eng/index/map_e.htm|last=Matsuo|first=Ara|work=[[University of Tokyo]]|date=22 November 2005|access-date=7 December 2020}}</ref>

==Architecture==
The mosque and [[Golconda Fort]] were planned to be a larger planned city named Mohammed Nagar-( a new name given to Golconda by [[Sultan Quli Qutb Shah]]). It is the only mosque constructed during Bahmani reign in the form of Bahmani style of architecture in [[Hyderabad]].The mosque consist of single dome over the entrance gateway, courtyard floor is paved with [[Granite|granite slabs]], a large hall divided into four aisles and five arches.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nanisetti|first=Serish|date=2018-03-10|title=Golconda fort marks 500 years, inconspicuously|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/golconda-fort-marks-500-years-inconspicuously/article23036394.ece|access-date=2020-12-06|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name="Bilgrami"/><ref name="Nayeem">{{cite book|title=The Heritage of the Qutb Shahis of Golconda and Hyderabad|volume=I|last=Nayeem|first=M. A|page=320|publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]]|isbn=9788185492230|year=2006}}</ref>

== References ==
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==Further reading==
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=4TslDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA371&dq=&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Towns and Cities of Medieval India: A Brief Survey, by Aniruddha Ray (2016)]

[[Category:Mosques in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Bahmani architecture]]

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