JAMA MASJID

JAMA MASJID is one of the famous buildings constructed during Farooqi rule in India. In early days when the population of Burhanpur was very less and mostly in Northern Burhanpur, a Jama Masjid was constructed in ward Itwara by Begum Ruquiya wife of King Azam Humayun in 1529. This was the first Jama Masjid in Burhanpur and is known as Bibi Ki Masjid.
As the population increased and spreaded all throughout the city, it was then King Adil Shah Farooqi who decided to build a bigger mosque in the center of the city. The foundation of the present Jama Masjid was laid in 1590. After a hard work round the clock for five years this Masjid was completed in 1595. This Masjid is similar to the Jama Masjid in Delhi.


GATE : To enter the mosque it has a huge gate. Length 34 feet and width 12 feet. The doors are from the time of King Jahangir. Earlier the height of the gate was 12 feet which in relation to the size of the mosque was smaller. Later Begam Siquander of Bhopal extended the size of the gate to the present height 25 feet.






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