Back مسجد مكة (حيدر أباد) Arabic مسجد مكه ARZ Məkkə məscidi Azerbaijani মক্কা মসজিদ, হায়দ্রাবাদ Bengali/Bangla Mekka-Moschee German مسجد مکه Persian Makkah Masjid, Hyderabad Hausa मक्का मस्जिद Hindi ಮಕ್ಕಾ ಮಸ್ಜಿದ್ Kannada Moscheea Mecca din Hyderabad Romanian
| Makkah Masjid | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Mosque |
| Location | |
| Location | Hyderabad |
| State | Telangana |
| Country | India[1] |
| Geographic coordinates | 17°21′37″N 78°28′24″E / 17.360305°N 78.473416°E |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Indo-Islamic architecture |
| Completed | 1693 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 10,00,000 |
| Length | 67 m |
| Width | 54 m |
| Height (max) | 23 m |
| Materials | granite |
Makkah Masjid or Mecca Masjid, is a congregational mosque in Hyderabad, India. It is the largest mosque in the city,[2] and one of the largest mosques in the country, with a capacity of 10,000 people.[3] The mosque was built during the 17th century, and is a state-protected monument. It serves as the primary mosque for the Old City of Hyderabad,[4] and is located close to the historic landmarks of Charminar, Chowmahalla Palace and Laad Bazaar.
Muhammad Qutb Shah, the sixth ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, commissioned bricks to be made from the soil brought from Mecca, the holiest site of Islam, and used them in the construction of the central arch of the mosque, thus giving the mosque its name.
The complex was put by UNESCO on its "tentative list" to become a World Heritage Site in 2014, with others in the region, under the name Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate (despite there being a number of different sultanates).[5]
- ^ "Location of Makkah Masjid". Google Maps. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ Michell, George (1999). Architecture and art of the Deccan sultanates. Mark Zebrowski. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-511-46884-1. OCLC 268771115.
- ^ Dayakar, G (2019). Qutb Shahi Architecture in Hyderabad- A Special Study. p. 28. ISBN 9788193828243.
- ^ Burton-Page, John (2008). Indian Islamic Architecture: Forms and Typologies, Sites and Monuments (PDF). Brill. p. 146. ISBN 9789047423652.
- ^ UNESCO "tentative list"