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{{Short description|Mosque in Gujarat, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
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{{Infobox religious building
| name = Jami Masjid
| image = Jami Masjid Bharuch.jpg
| image_upright = 1.4
| caption = The mosque in 2013, with worshippers
| location = [[Bharuch]], [[Gujarat]]
| country = India
| geo = {{Coord|21|41|31|N|72|58|55|E|type:landmark_region:IN-GJ|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = Gujarat
| map_size = 250
| map_relief = 1
| map_caption = Location of the mosque in [[Gujarat]]
| religious_affiliation = [[Islam]]
| status = [[Mosque]]
| functional_status = Active
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| architecture_type = {{nowrap|[[Mosque architecture]]}}
| architecture_style= [[Indo-Islamic architecture|Indo-Islamic]]
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| year_completed = 14th century
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| length = {{convert|126.5|ft|m|order=flip}}
| width = {{convert|52|ft|m|order=flip}}
| dome_quantity = 13
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| materials= Stone, bricks, mortar
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The '''Jami Masjid''' is a [[congregational mosque|Friday mosque]] located at the top of the hill at Bharuch Fort in [[Bharuch]], in the state of [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. Built in the 14th century, it has three large domes, ten smaller domes and 48 pillars. The mosque was built in early 14th century; using the remains of a former [[Jain temple]];<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Y. D. |url=https://indianculture.gov.in/ebooks/archaeological-remains-monuments-and-museums-part-ii |title=Archaeological Remains, Monuments & Museums |date= |publisher=Organizing Committee, XXVI International Congress of Orientalists, [[Archaeological Survey of India]] |year=1964 |volume=Part II |location=New Delhi |pages=273 |language=en |chapter=VIII. Islamic monuments}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Jama Masjid |work=District Bharuch, Government Of Gujarat |url=https://bharuch.nic.in/tourist-place/jama-masjid/ |access-date=2020-07-30 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Colin |title=Portion of the façade of the Jami Masjid, Bharuch 1834 |url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/p/019pho001000s17u01834000.html |access-date=2020-07-30 |website=[[British Library]] }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Burgess |first=James |url=http://archive.org/details/onmuhammadanarc00burggoog |title=On the Muhammadan architecture of Bharoch, Cambay, Dholka, Champanir, and Mahmudabad in Gujarat |date=1896 |publisher=London, W. Griggs & Sons, Limited; [[Harvard University]] |pages=19-23}}</ref> and is a [[Monuments of National Importance (India)|Monument of National Importance]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://asi.nic.in/alphabetical-list-of-monuments-gujarat/ |title=List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of Gujarat |work=[[Archaeological Survey of India]] |date= |access-date=2016-11-18}}</ref>

== Architecture ==
The mosque has an open courtyard with gateways and a prayer-chamber at its western side. The prayer-chamber is open pillared [[verandah]] which is divided into three compartments. Each compartment is formed by pillars supporting a large dome forming a ''[[mandapa]]''. The mosque thus has three large domes, ten smaller domes and 48 pillars in total. There is no [[façade]] of arches there.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

On the western wall, the ''[[qibla]]'' features pointed arches and Islamic motifs but are designed on patterns of niches in Hindu temples.<ref name=":0" />

The mosque is built chiefly from the materials of Hindu and Jain temples, including the reuse of brackets, domes, and slabs. The marble door at the entrance to the mosque courtyard was taken from a Jain temple, and a Jina figure is still observable.<ref name=":3" />

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Bharuch Interior of the Jami Masjid.jpg|Interior
File:Bharuch Jami Masjid from the North west.jpg|Mosque from the northwest
File:Jami Masjid Bharuch-3.jpg|Detail of carvings on the pillar
File:Jami Masjid Bharuch-2.jpg|Pillars
File:Plan of Jami Masjid Bharuch.jpg|Floor plan
File:Jain door Juma Mosque Bharuch.jpg|Marble door to the courtyard, originally from a Jain temple with a Jina image still visible in the upper frame.
</gallery>

== See also ==
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* [[Islam in India]]
* [[List of mosques in India]]
* [[List of Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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{{Mosques in India}}

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[[Category:14th-century mosques in India]]
[[Category:Bharuch|Jami Masjid]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in India]]
[[Category:Mosques completed in the 1320s]]
[[Category:Mosques in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Mosques converted from Jain temples]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Gujarat]]

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