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{{Short description|Former mosque in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{More citations needed|article|date=September 2008}}
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''' Sidi Bashir Mosque''' is a former [[mosque]] in the city of [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India. Only the central gateway and two [[minaret]]s survive; they are known as the '''Jhulta Minar''' or '''Shaking Minarets'''.<ref name="Desai">{{cite journal |last1=Desai |first1=Z. A. |title=Sidi Bashir Mosque with Shaking Minarets at Ahmadabad: Its Date and History. |journal=Archaeology and History: Essays in Memory of Shri A. Ghosh. |date=1987 |issue=2 |pages=553–561}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Sidi Bashir Mosque Ahmedabad 1866.jpg|thumb|Ruins of Sidi Bashir Mosque in 1866]]
The mosque is believed to have been constructed either by Sidi Bashir, a slave of Sultan [[Ahmed Shah of Gujarat|Ahmed Shah]], or by Malik Sarang, a noble in the court of [[Mahmud Begada]], another Sultan of [[Gujarat]]. It has been dated to 1452,<ref>{{cite book | title = The Ahmedabad Chronicle: Imprints of a millennium | publisher = Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design | year = 2002 | chapter = Sultanate Architecture | page=134}}</ref> although the style and material of the minarets point to the close of Mahmud Begada's reign (1511) or later.<ref name=gg/> The body of the building was destroyed in 1753 during the war between the Marathas and the Khan of [[Gujarat Sultanate]]; only two minarets and the arched central gateway connecting them remain.<ref name=gg>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3354|year=1879|publisher=Government Central Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3354/page/n273 267]}}</ref>
[[File:Two Minarates Kalupur Railway Station Ahmedabad 1866.jpg|thumb|Minarets of Sidi Bashir Mosque in 1866]]

==Minarets==
The minarets are the tallest in Ahmedabad and are now located to the north of [[Ahmedabad Junction railway station]]. Though much damaged, especially near the foot, the stairs inside the minarets may still be used.<ref name=gg/> The minarets are three stories tall with carved balconies. A gentle shaking of either minaret results in the other minaret vibrating after a few seconds,<ref name=Desai/> though the connecting passage between them remains free of vibration{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}. The mechanism of this is not known, although the layered construction is thought to be a factor. The phenomenon was first observed in the 19th century by [[Monier Monier-Williams|Monier M. Williams]], an English [[Sanskrit]] scholar.<ref>{{cite web |website = All India Tour Travel Guide |title = Siddi bashir mosque (shaking minarets | url=http://www.tourtravelworld.com/hot_spots/ahmedabad/siddi_bashir_mosque_(shaking_minarets)/ |accessdate=2006-09-07 }}</ref> The minarets are able to withstand fast-moving trains passing close by.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ahmedabad.org.uk/monuments/jhulta-minar.html|title = Jhulta Minar - Jhulta Minar in Ahmedabad - Jhulta Minar Ahmedabad India}}</ref>

==Other shaking minarets==

Another mosque in Ahmedabad called the Raj Bibi Mosque also had shaking minarets similar to those at the Sidi Bashir Mosque. Under the [[British Raj]], one was dismantled in order to study the construction, but could not be put back together{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}.

There is also one in [[Isfahan]], Iran, called [[Monar Jonban]] (shaking minarets) with almost the same properties.

A further example is a large mosque built by Makhdu-Ma-I-Jahan, mother of Sultan Qutubuddin Ahmad Shah II in 1454 A.D. She is buried in the mausoleum situated to the east of the mosque.

==Present condition==
Entry to the shaking minaret was prohibited following an incident in 1981 at [[Qutb Minar]] in [[Delhi]], when a stampede resulted in the deaths of many children. There is also damage to the upper sections.

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* This article includes public domain text from {{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3354|year=1879|publisher=Government Central Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3354/page/n276 270]}}

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[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1452]]
[[Category:15th-century mosques]]
[[Category:Mosques in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat]]

Sidi Bashir Mosque - Revision history

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