Tuesday, 9 April 2019

Siddi Saeed Mosque located at Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India

Siddi Saeed Mosque Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India.


These are some photographs of English /Gujrati commemoratives stone and late Sixteenth century beautiful building of Siddi Saeed Mosque located at Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India. Siddi Saeed Mosque is still in functional condition and open for five times prayers.


English inscription of bilingual Commemorative Stone Reads As below :

' Siddi Saeed Mosque
C. A. D. 1572
This mosque was built by one Sidi Saeed, an Abyssinian in the service of Rumi Khan, the second son of Khuda Wand Khan Khawaja Safar Salmani, the Governor of Surat during the tenth Gujarat Sultan Muhammad Shah III (1537-1553). Later Sidi Saeed joined the personal retinue of Bilal Jhajhar Khan the famous Abyssinian General in the army of Last Sultan of Gujrat. He was learned man with a valuable library. He died in 1576 and his tomb lies near near the north wall of the compound. '


Photographs By Mr Amitabh Joshi Sahib


Source:
1- Commemorative Stone
















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