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{{Short description|Mosque in Tijara, Rajasthan, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}
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| location = [[Tijara]], [[Rajasthan]]
| country = [[India]]
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| religious_affiliation = [[Islam]]
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| architecture_style = [[Mughal architecture|Mughal]]
| founded_by = [[Hindal Mirza]]
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| year_completed = 17th century
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| length = {{cvt|115|ft|m|order=flip}}
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| materials = Red stone
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The '''Lal Masjid''' ({{literally|Red Mosque}}) is a [[mosque]] located in [[Tijara]], in the state of [[Rajasthan]], India. It is listed as a [[Monuments of National Importance (India)|monument of national importance]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shokoohy |first=Shokoohy Mehrdad |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Bayana/9HgxEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Lal+Masjid,+Tijara&pg=PT1116&printsec=frontcover |title=Bayana: The Sources of Mughal Architecture |date=2020-03-18 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-1-4744-6074-3 |language=en}}</ref>

== Background ==
The Lal Masjid' is so named due to its reddish colour, and is situated to the east of the town of Tijara. It was built by [[Hindal Mirza]], who had received Tijara as a ''[[jagir]]'' from his father, the Mughal emperor [[Babur]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Cunningham |first=Alexander |author-link=Alexander Cunningham |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.85073/page/n131/mode/2up |title=Report of a tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1882-83 |date= |publisher=Director General, [[Archaeological Survey of India]] |year=2000 |volume=XX |location=New Delhi |pages=117 |orig-year=1885}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Chandramani |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Protected_Monuments_of_Rajasthan/i-jVAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=lal+masjid+++tijara&dq=lal+masjid+++tijara&printsec=frontcover |title=Protected Monuments of Rajasthan |date=2002 |publisher=Jawahar Kala Kendra |isbn=978-81-86782-60-6 |language=en}}</ref>

== Architecture ==
The mosque building is rectangular, measuring {{convert|115|ft|m|order=flip}} by {{convert|40|ft|m|order=flip}}. There are fluted [[minaret]]s at each of the four corners. The [[façade]] contains three arched doorways leading into the prayer hall. It was originally covered by three domes, with the central dome being larger than the others; {{as of|2024|lc=y}}, the southern dome has collapsed. The remains of a pillared [[cupola]] can be seen atop the central dome.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://asijaipurcircle.nic.in/Tijara.html |website=[[Archaeological Survey of India]], Jaipur Circle |title=Tijara |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721033603/https://asijaipurcircle.nic.in/Tijara.html |archive-date=2024-07-21}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

The prayer-hall measures {{convert|100|ft|m|order=flip}} by {{convert|25|ft|m|order=flip}}.<ref name=":1" />

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

== References ==
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{{Mosques in India}}

[[Category:17th-century mosques in India]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in India]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in India]]
[[Category:Mosques in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Mughal mosques]]
[[Category:Stone buildings in India]]

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