Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque

Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque and Tomb, also known as Vatva Dargah is a medieval mosque and tomb complex in Vatva area of Ahmedabad, India.

Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque and Tomb
Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque and Tomb
Religion
AffiliationIslam
StatusActive
Location
LocationVatva, Ahmedabad
MunicipalityAhmedabad Municipal Corporation
StateGujarat
Location in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque (Gujarat)
Geographic coordinates22.9565584°N 72.6135886°E / 22.9565584; 72.6135886
Architecture
TypeMosque and tomb
StyleIndo-Islamic architecture

History and architecture

Tomb of Qutub-e-Alam, 1866
Tomb of Qutub-e-Alam and his sons

Hazrat Syed Burhanuddin Qutub-ul-Alam, the father of Shah e Alam, was the grandson of Hazrat Syed Makhdoom Jahaniyan Jahangasht. Attracted to the court of Ahmad Shah I, he settled at Vatva and died there in 1452. He founded the Bukhariya sect of Gujarat. The nobles of the courts of Ahmed Shah, Sultan Qutubuddin Ahmad 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 built Mahmud Begada. The mosque and son's tomb are in the flat Hindu 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 tho building is incomplete, it wants the outer aisles and has no stone trellis work in its windows.[1][2]

References

  1. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad. Government Central Press. 1879. p. 287. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. "AHMEDABADS OTHER ROZAS". Times of India Publications. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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