Makkah Masjid
The mosque on 25 December 2011
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Friday mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Hyderabad,Hyderabad District,Telangana
Country	India
Location of the mosque inHyderabad
Administration	Telangana Department of Heritage
Geographic coordinates	17°21′38″N78°28′24″E / 17.36056°N 78.47333°E /17.36056; 78.47333
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Indo-Islamic Qutb Shahi
Founder	Muhammad Qutb Shah Aurangzeb
Groundbreaking	1617CE
Completed	1694 CE
Specifications
Capacity	10,000 worshippers
Length	67 m (220 ft)
Width	54 m (177 ft)
Height (max)	23 m (75 ft)
Minaret	Six(maybe more)
Site area	6.2 ha (15.2 acres)
Materials	Granite; bricks

TheMakkah Masjid located inHyderabad, in theHyderabad district of the state ofTelangana, India. It is the largest mosque in the city,^[1] and one of the largest in the country, with a capacity of 10,000 worshippers.^[2] The mosque was built during the 17th century, and is astate-protected monument. It was completed byMughal EmperorAurangzeb in 1694 CE. It serves as the primary mosque for theOld City of Hyderabad,^[3] and is located close to the historic landmarks ofCharminar,Chowmahalla Palace andLaad Bazaar.

Muhammad Qutb Shah, the sixth ruler of theQutb Shahi dynasty, commissioned bricks to be made from the soil brought fromMecca, the holiest site ofIslam, and used them in the construction of the central arch of the mosque, thus giving the mosque its name.

In 2014,UNESCO placed the complex on its "tentative list" to become aWorld Heritage Site, with others in the region, under the nameMonuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate (despite there being a number of different sultanates).^[4]

The construction of Makkah Masjid began in the year 1617 CE, during the reign ofSultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, the sixthQutb Shahi Sultan ofGolconda (now Hyderabad). The ruler personally laid itsfoundation stone. Around 8,000 workers were employed to build the mosque. It was completed byMughal EmperorAurangzeb in 1694 CE.^[5][2] The three-archedfaçades^{[dubious –discuss]} have been carved from a single piece ofgranite, which took five years to quarry.

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, a French explorer, in his travelogue observed:

It is about 50 years since they began to build a splendid pagoda in the town which will be the grandest in all India when it is completed. The size of the stone is the subject of special accomplishment, and that of a niche, which is its place for prayer, is an entire rock of such enormous size that they spent five years in quarrying it, and 500 to 600 men were employed continually on its work. It required still more time to roll it up on to conveyance by which they brought it to the pagoda; and they took 1400 oxen to draw it.^[6]

On 18 May 2007, a bomb exploded inside the Makkah Masjid duringFriday prayers, killing at least sixteen people and injuring dozens more. Police also defused two homemade bombs near the mosque.^[7][8]

The Mecca Masjid is considered to be one of the best architectural works of the Qutb Shahis.^[9] Built on a 6.2-hectare (15.2-acre) site, the mosque is constructed entirely of dressed stone, rather than rubble or plaster. The mosque's prayer hall measures 69 by 55 metres (225 by 180 ft), and has a 23-metre-high (75 ft) ceiling. The façade of the prayer hall features five open arches, and is flanked by twominarets. Each minaret is topped by a dome, and adjoined to an arcaded balcony lining either side of the prayer hall.^[5]

Thesahn (courtyard) of the mosque measures 108 square metres (1,160 sq ft).^[3] It contains a sundial, as well as the remains of ahammam. Two minarets stand on either side of the main entrance to the mosque complex.^[2]

Towards the southern end of the mosque are the marble tombs of theAsaf Jahi rulers and family members, save the first (Asaf Jah I) and the last (Asaf Jah VII). These are housed in a rectangular, arched, and canopied building, which was added in 1914 during the rule ofMir Osman Ali Khan, the last Asaf Jahi ruler.^[5][10][9] At both ends of this resting place for the Asaf Jahi's are two rectangular blocks with four minarets each. These minarets have elegant and circular balconies with low ornamental walls and arches. Above them is an octagonal inverted platter from which the rest of the minarets soar until arrested by a dome and a spire.^{[citation needed]}

• Islam in India
• List of mosques in Telangana
• List of State Protected Monuments in Telangana

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