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{{Infobox building
| name = Mohamedally Tower
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| alternate_names = Muhammad Ali Tower, Hararwalla Tower, Siddhpur Tower
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| building_type = [[Clock tower]]
| architectural_style = [[Indo-Saracenic architecture]]
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| cost = {{INRconvert|15000|year=1915}}
| location = [[Siddhpur]], [[Gujarat]]
| client = [[G. M. Mohamedally & Co.]]
| owner = Siddhpur Municipality
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'''Mohamedally Tower''' (also spelled '''Muhammad Ali Tower'''), also known as '''Juna Tower''' or '''Hararwalla Tower,''' is a [[clock tower]] in [[Siddhpur]], [[Gujarat]], India. It was inaugurated on 4 April 1915.

==History==
Mohamedally Sheikh Sharafally Hararwalla was a [[Dawoodi Bohra]] merchant from Siddhpur who owned the [[G. M. Mohamedally & Co.]] in [[Abyssinia]] (now [[Ethiopia]]). In 1914, on the occasion of marriage of his daughter, he illuminated Siddhpur for three months. The [[Gaekwad]] rulers of Siddhpur had gifted him an elephant. The Devdi gate of town was demolished for entry of that elephant for the marriage procession. As a compensation of the demolition, the clock tower was erected at the cost of {{INRconvert|15000|year=1915}}.<ref name="NavG">{{Cite web|date=2018-10-14|title=સિદ્ધપુરના ઐતિહાસિક હરહરવાલા ટાવરની 100 વર્ષની સફર પૂર્ણ|url=https://www.navgujaratsamay.com/siddhpur-s-historic-harrahvala-tower-completed-100-years-journey/102069.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-13|website=NavGujarat Samay|language=gu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kadi|first=Zoyab A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-jbBDwAAQBAJ&q=mohammadally+tower&pg=PT155|title=The Birth and Death of a Style: The Vohrawaads of Sidhpur|date=2019-12-02|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64587-749-3|pages=155|language=en}}</ref> It was inaugurated on 4 April 1915<ref name="NavG"/> by prince Jayasingrao Sayajirao Gaekwad.

In 2018, the Siddhpur municipality has proposed to develop the tower as a monument.<ref name="NavG"/>

The inscription on the tower reads:
{{quote|
Mohamedally Tower

Erected in grateful remembrance of Raj Ratna Mulla Mohamedally Sheikh Sharafally Hararwalla M.B.E.,J.P. by His partners representing Messrs. G. M. Mohamedally & Co., for the benefit and good of Sidhpur subjects and opened at the hands of the lamented prince Jayasingrao Sayajirao on 4th. April, 1915.

Cost:- 15000/-

Engineer:- [missing]}}

==Architecture==
The tower is 60 feet high and has clocks imported from Europe on its four sides.<ref name="NavG"/> It is built in the British colonial architectural style with imperial crown on the top. It is considered as one of the most notable landmarks in the town.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kadi|first=Zoyab A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9W5OAAAAYAAJ&q=sidhhpur+tower|title=Sidhpur and Its Dawoodi Bohra Houses|publisher=Minerva Press|year=2000|isbn=978-81-7662-087-1|pages=35–36|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Siddhpur]]
[[Category:Clock towers in India]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Patan district]]
[[Category:1915 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture]]

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