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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
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'''Mohammed Ghous Mosque''', also known as '''Mosque of Muhammad Ghous Gwaliori or Shattari''' or '''Ek Toda Mosque''',<ref name="Yagnik2011">{{cite book|author=Achyut Yagnik|title=Ahmedabad: From Royal city to Megacity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivMAUx6Hdl8C&pg=PT42|date=2 February 2011|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-81-8475-473-5|page=42}}</ref> is a medieval mosque in Sarangpur area of [[Ahmedabad]], India.

==History==
The mosque was built in 1562 by the Sufi saint [[Muhammad Ghawth|Sheikh Mohammed Ghaus of Gwalior]]. He stayed in Ahmedabad for ten years and preached Sufi [[Shattari]] tradition. His son Sheikh Uwais also preached until 16th century.<ref name="Yagnik2011"/>

==Architecture==
The mosque represents Jaunpuri style of [[Indo-Islamic architecture]]. There are two rows of pillars which are connected by arches. The arches support flat domes of the mosque. There are two octagonal minarets at the both end of the façade. The northern minaret is complete where southern minaret is broken from one story above the roof level. The northern minaret has five balconies alternating with gaps.<ref name="Yagnik2011"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EL4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA269&vq=Ghaus&dq=dastur+khan+mosque&output=html_text&source=gbs_search_r&cad=1|publisher=Government Central Press|page=269}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Mohammed Ghaus Mosque Interior Ahmedabad 1866.jpg|Interior of the mosque
North Mohammed Ghaus Mosque Ahmedabad 1866.jpg|The mosque from north end, 1866
</gallery>

==References ==
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{{Ahmedabad topics|status=collapsed}}

[[Category:Mosques in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1562]]

Mohammed Ghous Mosque - Revision history

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