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{{Short description|Mosque in Bijapur, Karnataka, India}}
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The '''Mecca Masjid''', also known as '''Makka Masjid''', is a [[mosque]] located in the [[Vijayapura]] district of [[Bijapur]], in the state of [[Karnataka]], India. Believed to be completed in {{circa|1669}},<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asidharwadcircle.in/monument/mecca-masjid/ |title=The Makkaa Masjid |work=[[Archaeological Survey of India]], Dharwad Circle |date=n.d. |access-date=13 January 2025 }}</ref> the mosque was built for women of the royal household.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DHNS |date=2010-05-24 |title=Mecca Masjid gets a facelift |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/mecca-masjid-gets-facelift-2490853 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Ruchika |date=2016-02-06 |title=What history proves: Indian mosques barring women is only a recent trend |url=http://scroll.in/article/803090/what-history-proves-indian-mosques-barring-women-is-only-a-recent-trend |access-date= |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Cousens |first=Henry |author-link=Henry Cousens |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2goAAAAYAAJ&q=Makka+Masjid+Bijapur |title=Bijapur, the Capital of the Adil Shahi Kings: A Guide to Its Ruins |date=1905 |publisher=Scottish Mission Industries Company |pages=67–70 |language=en}}</ref>

The mosque structure is a [[Monuments of National Importance (India)|Monument of National Importance]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alphabetical List of Monuments - Karnataka, Dharwad Circle |url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist_karnataka_dharwad.asp |work=[[Archaeological Survey of India]] |publisher=Government of India}}</ref>

== History ==
The date of construction of the mosque is not known. In ''[[The New Cambridge History of India]]'', it is ascribed to the reign of Ali Adil Shah II, while [[Henry Cousens]] dates it to the end of the 13th century. There is a tomb of a saint at the eastern end of the enclosure, who had probably commissioned the mosque.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Michell |first1=George |url=https://the-deccan.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cambridge_history_michell_zebrowski_art_architecture_deccan_sultanates.pdf |title=Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates |last2=Zebrowski |first2=Mark |publisher=Cambridge University Press |series=[[The New Cambridge History of India]] I : 7 |pages=96 |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Colin |title=General view of the east façade of the Mecca Mosque, Bijapur |url=https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/g/019pho000001003u01847000.html |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=www.bl.uk}}</ref> The [[minaret]]s are remnants of an earlier structure, probably an earlier mosque, built during the [[Bahamani dynasty]]. Cousens [[opine]]s that the high walls built around the mosque, indicate that it was used as an elephant stable. He opines that the earlier mosque, in its ruinous state, was used as an elephant stable before the newer mosque was built.<ref name=":0" />

== Architecture ==
The mosque is located within an open court, enclosed on all four sides by arched [[cloister]]s. The arches of the cloisters have low piers, similar to those of the [[Jama Mosque, Kalaburagi]]. The façade of the mosque contains five arched entrances, and a cusped outline emphasizes the central arch. It is surmounted by a hemispherical dome, carried on a terrace with eight arches. A two-tiered [[parapet]] rises above the façade, and a ''[[chhatri]]'' is placed upon each of the [[Buttress|buttresses]] at the corners.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.153598/page/n293/mode/2up |title=History of Medieval Deccan |editor-last=Sherwani |editor-first=Haroon Khan |volume=II (Mainly Cultural Aspects) |pages=285 |editor-last2=Joshi |editor-first2=P. M.}}</ref>

The western wall containing the [[mihrab]] is decorated with carvings. There is no [[Minbar|pulpit]] within the mosque, as women's prayers are not preceded with a [[Khutbah|sermon]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

== See also ==
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* [[Islam in India]]
* [[List of mosques in India]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{YouTube|SL_SxA3WEKY|title=Mecca Masjid, Makka Masjid The Only Women's Masjid Of Bijapur Karnataka }}

{{Mosques in India}}

[[Category:17th-century mosques in India]]
[[Category:Bijapur, Karnataka]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Bijapur district]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in India]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in India]]
[[Category:Mosques completed in the 1660s]]
[[Category:Mosques in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1669]]
[[Category:Sultanate of Bijapur]]

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