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{{Short description|Former mosque in Junagadh, Gujarat, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
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| caption = The ruins of the mosque with a column on its corner
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| location = [[Uparkot Fort]], [[Junagadh]], [[Gujarat]]
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| alternate_names = Ranakdevi Mahal
| designations = State Protected Monument (S-GJ-115)
| operator = [[Government of Gujarat]]
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The '''Jumma Masjid''' or '''Jama Masjid''' is a former [[Congregational mosque|Friday mosque]], now in partial ruins, in [[Uparkot Fort]] in [[Junagadh]], in the state of [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. The mosque was built in 15th century by converting a temple or a palace identified as '''Ranakdevi Mahal''' by local people and the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name=":3" /> The structure is a Protected Monument in the state of Gujarat.<ref name="ASI MNI">{{cite web |url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_list.asp |title=List of State Protected Monuments |work=[[Archaeological Survey of India]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629155409/http://asi.nic.in/ |archive-date=2011-06-29 |date= |access-date= }}</ref>

==History==
The Jumma Masjid (Friday Mosque) was built by [[Mahmud Begada]] in 15th century following capture of Junagadh in 1472.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Ward|first=Philip|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P7EHTBl_pyQC&dq=Ranakdevi+Mahal+Chudasama&pg=PA229|title=Gujarat–Daman–Diu: A Travel Guide|publisher=Orient Longman Limited|year=1998|isbn=978-81-250-1383-9|pages=229|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite book|last=Murray|first=John|url=https://archive.org/details/handbooktravelle00john|title=A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon .|publisher=London : J. Murray; Calcutta : Thacker, Spink, & Co.|others=University of California Libraries|year=1911|location=London|pages=153–155}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last1=Ring|first1=Trudy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=voerPYsAB5wC&dq=Uparkot+fort+mosque&pg=PA412|title=Asia and Oceania: International Dictionary of Historic Places|last2=Watson|first2=Noelle|last3=Schellinger|first3=Paul|date=2012-11-12|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-63979-1|pages=412}}</ref> It is evidently constructed from the materials of a [[Hindu temple|Hindu]] or [[Jain temple]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Commissariat|first=M. S|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81300/page/n321/mode/2up?q=Junagadh|title=A history of Gujarat, including a survey of its chief architectural monuments and inscriptions|publisher=Longmans, Green & Co.|year=1938|location=Bombay; New York|pages=169|language=English|oclc=4753038}}</ref><ref name=":02"/> or previously existing palace.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /> The palace is now identified as Ranakdevi Mahal by local people attributing it to [[Ranakadevi|Ranakdevi]], the legendary queen of [[Chudasama dynasty|Chudasama]] ruler [[Khengara (12th century king)|Khengara]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.103176/page/n1/mode/2up|title=Indian Archaeology 1954-55 - A review|publisher=Department of Archaeology, Government of India|year=1955|editor-last=Ghosh|editor-first=A.|location=New Delhi|pages=46}}</ref><ref name=":02"/><ref name=":4"/>

The Jumma Masjid and cannons are enlisted as the State Protected Monument (S-GJ-115) by Archaeology Department of the [[Government of Gujarat]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-16|title=પુરાતત્વ વિભાગના ચોપડે જૂનાગઢના ઉપરકોટ ખાતે આવેલ ઐતિહાસિક 'રાણકદેવીનો મહેલ' નામનો ઉલ્લેખ જ નથી...!|url=https://www.abtakmedia.com/the-book-of-the-archaeological-department-does-not-even-mention-the-historical-name-ranakadevis-palace-at-uparkot-in-junagadh/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Abtak Media|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Protected Monuments in Gujarat « Archaeological Survey of India|url=https://asi.nic.in/protected-monuments-in-gujarat/|access-date=2021-08-15|website=asi.nic.in}}</ref> In 2020, the Gujarat tourism department placed a board marking the place as Jami Masjid–Ranakdevi Mahal. The local Rajput community objected to the identification as a mosque and protested. Later the board was removed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Darsh |first=Sha h|date=2020-08-02 |title=ઉપરકોટનાં રાણકદેવી મહેલ પાસે લગાવેલા વિવાદાસ્પદ બોર્ડ હટાવાયા |url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/controversial-boards-erected-near-ranakdevi-mahal-in-uparkot-were-removed-127574815.html|access-date=2020-08-04 |website=divyabhaskar |language= }}</ref>

{{As of|2020}}, the former mosque was being restored under Uperkot Fort Restoration Project of the [[Government of Gujarat]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2020-07-17|title=Vijay Rupani lays foundation stone for Uparkot Fort restoration|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/vijay-rupani-lays-foundation-stone-for-uparkot-fort-restoration-6509717/|access-date=2020-08-16|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

==Architecture==
The mosque is built on a brick platform and looks like a citadel. It has solid thick walls and a slim column rising from a corner. The column looks more like a turret than a minaret. The mosque was never finished and the part of its hall is open to sky.<ref name=":4" /> There is a staircase leading to terraced roof. It was reinstalled during the restoration.<ref name=":02"/><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=ઈ - ખાતમુહૂર્ત [ Uparkot Fort- Junagadh] - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzPZzhzWMls&feature=youtu.be|access-date=2020-08-16|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

=== Cannons ===
Facing the walls, outside the mosque, there is a huge bell-metal cannon called Nilam which has {{convert|10|in|cm|adj=on|order=flip}} bore, and is {{convert|17|ft|m|order=flip}} long and {{convert|4|ft|8|in|order=flip}} round at the mouth. This cannon was brought from [[Diu, India|Diu]], where it was left by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] admiral Suleyman Pasha following their defeat in [[Siege of Diu (1538)|siege of Diu]] (1538) while assisting [[Gujarat Sultanate]] against their struggle with [[Portuguese India|Portuguese]]. There is an Arabic inscription at the muzzle, which may be translated: "The order to make this cannon, to be used in the service of the Almighty, was given by the Sultan of Arabia and Persia, Sultan Sulaiman, son of Salim Khan. May his triumph be glorified, to punish the enemies of the State and of the Faith, in the capital of Egypt, 1531." At the breech is inscribed: "The work of Muhamman, the son of Hamzah." Another large cannon called Kadanal, also from Diu, in the southern portion of the fort, is {{convert|13|ft|m|order=flip}} long, and has a muzzle {{convert|4|ft|m|order=flip}} in diameter.<ref name=":02"/><ref name=":4" />

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Uparkot fort.jpg|Interior of the mosque
Jama Masjid, Uperkot - Mihrab 01.jpg|[[Mihrab]] inside the mosque
Jama Masjid, Uperkot 02.jpg|Balcony
Cannon at Uperkot Fort 02.jpg|Cannons
Upparkot Fort, Junagarh.jpg|From distance
Uparkot Fort 13 Clicked by Hariom Raval.jpg|Hall with temporary roof
</gallery>

== See also ==
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* [[Islam in India]]
* [[List of mosques in India]]
* [[List of State Protected Monuments in Gujarat]]
* [[Uparkot Fort]]
* [[Uparkot Caves]]

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

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[[Category:15th-century mosques in India]]
[[Category:Former mosques in India]]
[[Category:Grand mosques]]
[[Category:Gujarat Sultanate mosques]]
[[Category:Junagadh]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Mosques in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Mosques converted from Jain temples]]
[[Category:Palaces in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Junagadh district]]

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