Madina Mosque
mosque in West Bengal
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Overview
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Madina Mosque is the name given to two mosques standing in the Nizamat Fort campus at Murshidabad, in the Indian state of West Bengal. One is the old mosque, dated to the 18th century, and the other is the new mosque, built in 1847. Both are aligned parallel to the south face of the Hazarduari Palace, which overlooks the Bhagirathi River. The old mosque lies a little south of the new one, to the west of the clock tower and beside the spot where the Bacchawali Tope rests.
History
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The old Madina Mosque was built in the 18th century by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah. It formed part of the Nizamat Imambara that he had constructed. That imambara was partly burnt in a fire in 1842 and was destroyed completely in another fire on 23 December 1846. The old mosque came through the 1846 fire and was left standing.
In 1847 Nawab Mansur Ali Khan built the present Nizamat Imambara and placed a second Madina Mosque inside it. The campus has therefore had two mosques of this name since.
From Wikipedia
The Madina Mosque are two mosques, located in the Nizamat Fort Campus in Murshidabad, in the state of West Bengal, India. The two mosques on the fort campus are the old Madina Mosque, built by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah during the 18th century, and the new Madina Mosque, built by Nawab Mansur Ali Khan in 1847.
The old mosque was a part of the (now destroyed) Nizamat Imambara, built by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, which was partially burnt in a fire in 1842, and was completely burnt when it caught fire on 23 December 1846. The old Madina Mosque survived the 1846 fire and was left in its place. When Nawab Mansur Ali Khan built the present Nizamat Imambara in 1847, he built another Madina Mosque inside the new building. Both of the mosques are parallel to the south face of the Hazarduari Palace, that is on the banks of the Bhagirathi River. The old Madina Mosque is situated a little south to the new one and on the west of the clock tower and beside the place where the Bacchawali Tope rests.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madina_Mosque_(Bengal)
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%81_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_(%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84)