| Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque | |
|---|---|
 Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque and Tomb, in 1866 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sufi Islam(former) |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | |
| Status | Inactive (partial ruinous state |
| Location | |
| Location | Vatva,Ahmedabad,Gujarat |
| Country | India |
  Location of the former mosque and tomb inAhmedabad | |
| Coordinates | 22°57′24″N72°36′49″E / 22.9565584°N 72.6135886°E /22.9565584; 72.6135886 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque architecture |
| Style | |
| Funded by | Mahmud Begada |
| Dome | Two(maybe more) |
| Official name | Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque and Tomb |
| Reference no. | N-GJ-47 |
Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque, or more correctly,Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque and Tomb, also known asVatva Dargah is a formerSufimosque anddargah complex in theVatva area ofAhmedabad, in the state ofGujarat,India. The structure is aMonument of National Importance.[1]
Abū Muḥammad ʿabd Allāh b. Nāṣir al-dīn Maḥmūd (or Muḥammad) b. D̲j̲alāl al-dīn Mak̲h̲dūm-i D̲j̲ahāniyān aka Ḳuṭb-i ʿĀlam aka T̲h̲ānī-i Mak̲h̲dūm-i D̲j̲ahāniyān (Maʿārid̲j̲) was aSuhrawardī saint and founder of the Buk̲h̲āriyya Sayyids of Gud̲j̲arāt. He was the grandson ofD̲j̲alāl al-dīn Mak̲h̲dūm-i D̲j̲ahāniyān and was born in 1388 inUchch. According to theMirʾāt-i Aḥmadī he became an orphan at the age of ten and was raised by his granduncle S̲h̲āh Rād̲j̲ū Ḳattāl who sent him to Gud̲j̲arāt. In Gud̲j̲arāt he was welcomed by his grandfather's disciple SulṭānMuẓaffar S̲h̲āh I. He studied under Mawlānā ʿAlīs̲h̲īr Gud̲j̲arātī, and after the founding ofAḥmadābād he first settled in Asāual and then at Baṭvā. He received aḴh̲irḳa from S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ Aḥmad-i K’hattū. His most notable disciple was his sonS̲h̲āh ʿĀlam.[2]
The nobles of the courts of Ahmed Shah, Sultan QutubuddinAhmad Shah II raised a small shrine first. Afterwards a mosque, a tomb to one of his sons, a large many-sided pond, and a vast mausoleum was builtMahmud Begada. The mosque and son's tomb are in the flatHindu temple style, without arches or minarets. But in the large mausoleum, with a great gain in size, the arch takes the place of the beam, and the dome is raised high in air by a second tier of arches. The arch, uniformly used with one consistent design, has much beauty and propriety. The tomb is of the most elaborate workmanship surmounted by a richly inlaid canopy. But although the building is incomplete, it wants the outer aisles and has no stone trellis work in its windows.[3][4]
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