V*Old Mosques of Amroha – Part 2*


*1) Shaira’s Mosque*  

This is located near Katra Ghulam Ali. In 1040 Hijri, Kamal Khan, Mukhtar-e-Aam of Syed Ibrahim Syed Akhir, built it near the caravanserai.


*2) Masjid Syed Abdul Muhammad*  

This beautiful mosque is located in Bheruji, adjacent to Mohalla Lakda. Syed Abdul Muhammad bin Syed Munawwar had it built in 1141 Hijri. As per the following inscription engraved on stone: “Syed Abdul Muhammad, Sunni by creed, was a witness, Sufi, and elder.”


*3) Masjid Mir Kallu*  

In 1172 Hijri, this spacious and beautiful mosque along with a madrasa building was constructed by Syed Asadullah Khan alias Mir Kallu, adjacent to his house in Mohalla Gujri. And he endowed a _mauza_ [village/revenue estate] for its expenses. Like Syed Abdul Muhammad, Mir Kallu was also a follower of his ancestral creed, Ahl-e-Sunnat wal Jamaat.


*4) Masjid Basri Begum*  

This spacious and beautiful mosque is located near Moradabad Darwaza. Basri Begum, wife of Syed Ghulam Husain Khan, Naib of Rampur State, and daughter of Syed Faiz Ali bin Syed Afzal Ali bin Syed Muhammad Fazil, grandson of Diwan Syed Mahmud, had this mosque built in 1108 Hijri. Inside the mosque is also the grave of Basri Begum.


*5) Masjid Hafiz Abbas Ali Khan*  

Initially this was a small mosque, built during the reign of Shah Jahan by Sheikh Aziz. It was incomplete and spacious. Some years after 1857, Hafiz Abbas Ali Khan, in 1853, filed a suit in the court of the Judge of Moradabad against the Dakhaliya Abadi of this mosque, contrary to _tubad mashhoor_ [well-known tradition]. The suit was decreed. _Tubad mashhoor_ appealed to Mr. Wilson, Judge, and succeeded. Hafiz Sahib appealed to the High Court, Agra. The decision there was in favor of Hafiz Sahib, but before he could get possession, the uprising of 1857 occurred.


*6) Masjid Nanhi Khan*  

This beautiful, elegant mosque is located outside the city to the south, in Nehawala Bagh.


*7) Masjid Mohalla Shafat Pota*  

This mosque is not of Islamic-era construction, but it has its own distinction. There was a small mosque here earlier, which was completed in 1233 CE by Haji Sheikh Ashraf Ali Azimabadi, who had settled in Amroha. The author of _Tarikh-e-Askari_ has written the reason for it: When Maulvi Syed Muhammad Ibadat Sahib, Pesh Imam of Amroha, due to lack of a mosque, used to lead congregational prayers in the Imambara, Haji Sahib built this small mosque. But later, due to the large number of worshippers, there was always a tussle over the first congregation.


_Source: Tarikh-e-Amroha – Mahmud Ahmad Abbasi_

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