Adina Mosque
Also known as: Adina Mosque
Mosque in West Bengal, India
Key facts
- Built
- 1375
- Architect
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Overview
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The Adina Mosque stands in Pandua, formerly also called Firuzabad, in the Malda district of West Bengal in eastern India. It dates to the 14th century and was built during the period of the Bengal Sultanate. By area it was the largest mosque on the Indian subcontinent, and its scale has been compared with the great mosques of Damascus, Baghdad, Córdoba and Cairo. The building is protected as a Monument of National Importance.
History
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According to the catalogue record, the mosque was built in 1375, during the era of the Bengal Sultanate.
From Wikipedia
The Adina Mosque (Bengali: আদিনা মসজিদ) is a historical mosque located in Pandua, a town in the Malda district of West Bengal, India. It was the largest structure of its kind in the Indian subcontinent as an imperial mosque of the Bengal Sultanate, built during the reign of Sikandar Shah, who was later buried inside.
The vast architecture resembles the hypostyle of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, a style that was used during the introduction of Islam in new areas. The early Bengal Sultanate harbored imperial ambitions after having defeated the Delhi Sultanate twice in 1353 and 1359 during the Ekdala Wars. The Adina Mosque was commissioned in 1373.
Completed in 1375, it was the largest mosque in the entire Indian subcontinent at the time. The site is a Monument of National Importance.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A3%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adina-Moschee
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adina_Mosque
Wikipedia (es): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezquita_de_Adina
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Adina
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7