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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Mosque in Mangrol, Gujarat, India}}<br />
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The '''Jami Masjid''' is a former [[congregational mosque|Friday mosque]], now in partial ruins, located in [[Mangrol, Gujarat|Mangrol]], in the state of [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. It was built in {{circa|1384}}, during the reign of the [[Gujarat Sultanate]].<ref name=times>{{Cite news |author=Kumar, Ajun |date=2018-07-16 |title=A vav inside a mosque |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/a-vav-inside-a-mosque/articleshow/65001940.cms |access-date=2024-12-18 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The mosque 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><br />
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There are nine [[mihrab]]s in the back wall of the mosque,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Cousens |first=Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.24284/page/63/mode/2up |title=Somanatha and other mediaeval temples in Kathiawad |date=1931 |pages=65–66 |language=English}}</ref> and the mosque structure includes an extensive subterranean [[Stepwell|vav]].<ref name=times/><br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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Interior of the Jami Masjid, Mangrol.png|Interior of the mosque<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Islam in India]]<br />
* [[List of mosques in India]]<br />
* [[List of Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Mosques in India}}<br />
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[[Category:14th-century mosques in India]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1384]]<br />
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mosques completed in the 1380s]]<br />
[[Category:Mosques in Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Mosque ruins in India]]</div>
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