https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Najibabad_Mosque Najibabad Mosque - Revision history 2026-10-28T04:06:50Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Najibabad_Mosque&diff=520065&oldid=prev Victornkd: added some details v1 2025-03-08T04:30:20Z <p>added some details v1</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Mosque in Uttar Pradesh, India}}<br /> {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}<br /> {{Notability|date=January 2024}}<br /> {{for|similarly named mosques|List of grand mosques}}<br /> {{Infobox religious building<br /> | name = Najibabad Mosque<br /> | image = A Mosque and a shrine, Najibabad, 1814-15.jpg<br /> | image_upright = 1.4<br /> | caption = The mosque, from inside the [[Najibabad Fort]],&lt;br/&gt;in {{circa|1814}}<br /> | map_type = India Uttar Pradesh<br /> | map_size = 250<br /> | map_relief = 1<br /> | map_caption = Location of the mosque in [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> | location = [[Najibabad]], [[Bijnor district]], [[Moradabad division|Moradabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> | country = [[India]]<br /> | geo = {{coord|29.6140|78.3449|region:IN-UP_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br /> | religious_affiliation = [[Islam]]<br /> | rite = <br /> | consecration_year = <br /> | status = [[Congregational mosque|Friday mosque]]<br /> | functional_status = Active<br /> | leadership = Maulana Ishaakh Mansoori<br /> | website = <br /> | architect = <br /> | architecture_type = {{nowrap|[[Mosque architecture]]}}<br /> | architecture_style = [[Mughal architecture|Mughal]]<br /> | founded_by = [[Najib ad-Dawlah]]<br /> | established = <br /> | year_completed = 1797 [[Common Era|CE]]<br /> | construction_cost = <br /> | facade_direction = <br /> | capacity = 1,200 worshippers<br /> | length = {{cvt|70|ft|m|order=flip}}<br /> | width = {{cvt|101|ft|m|order=flip}}<br /> | width_nave = <br /> | interior_area = {{cvt|5802|sqft|m2|order=flip}}<br /> | height_max = {{cvt|67|ft|m|order=flip}}<br /> | dome_quantity = Three<br /> | dome_height_outer = <br /> | dome_height_inner = <br /> | dome_dia_outer = <br /> | dome_dia_inner = <br /> | minaret_quantity = Four<br /> | minaret_height = {{cvt|65|ft|m|order=flip}}<br /> | spire_quantity = <br /> | spire_height = <br /> | site_area = {{cvt|37660|sqft|m2|order=flip}}<br /> | materials = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Najibabad Mosque&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Jama Masjid Najibabad&#039;&#039;&#039;, is a [[Congregational mosque|Friday mosque]], located in [[Najibabad]], in the [[Bijnor district]] of the [[Moradabad division]], in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. <br /> <br /> [[Najib ad-Dawlah]] built the [[Najibabad Fort]] in 1755, one of oldest [[Mughal Empire]] [[historic monument]]s in Bijnor district.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |publisher=[[Archaeological Survey of India]] Northern Circle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t2FBAQAAIAAJ |title=Annual Progress Report |date=1902 |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/police-demolish-religious-structure-near-fort-after-asi-complains/articleshow/45275916.cms |title=Police demolish religious structure near fort after ASI complains<br /> |author=Sharma, Ashish |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=25 November 2014 |access-date=8 March 2025 }}&lt;/ref&gt; It is believed that the mosque was completed in 1797.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite journal |title=Build masjid |journal=K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Lāʼibreri jarnal |trans-journal=Khuda Bakhsh annual lectures series |lang=ar |issue=151 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BXYaUoewYl0C&amp;q=najibabad%20jama%20masjid |publisher=K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Oriyanṭal Pablik Lāʼibreri |date=2008 |access-date= }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> {{stack|{{portal|India|Islam}}}}<br /> * [[Islam in India]]<br /> * [[List of mosques in India]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Mosques in India}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:18th-century mosques in India]]<br /> [[Category:Bijnor district]]<br /> [[Category:Grand mosques|Najibabad]]<br /> [[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in India]]<br /> [[Category:Mosques completed in the 1790s]]<br /> [[Category:Mosques in Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:Mughal mosques]]<br /> [[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1797]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-mosque-stub}}</div> Victornkd