The Aqsa Mosque (or Masjid Aqsa; Urdu: مسجدِ اقصیٰ) is the largest and oldest mosque of Qadian, India. It is situated inside the compound of the ancestrial house of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, close to the White Minaret, and located in the Ahmadiyya Mohallah of Qadian.[3]
| Aqsa Mosque | |
|---|---|
مسجد اقصی | |
 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Branch/tradition | Ahmadiyya |
| Location | |
| Location | Qadian, Punjab, India |
  Shown within Punjab  Aqsa Mosque, Qadian (India) | |
| Administration | Ahmadiyya Muslim Community |
| Geographic coordinates | 31°49′8″N 75°22′44″E / 31.81889°N 75.37889°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | mosque |
| Style | Persian architecture |
| Completed | 1876[1] |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Dome(s) | 5 |
| Minaret(s) | 1 large, 8 small minarets |
| Minaret height | 105 feet[2] |
| Website | |
| www.ahmadiyyamuslimjamaat.in/ | |
History
The mosque was built by Mirza Ghulam Murtaza, father of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement, in 1876.[4]
In January 1938, a loudspeaker was installed in Aqsa Mosque for the first time. At that time, the second caliph, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, gave a sermon on this.[5]
The mosque had been renovated and extended repeatedly throughout the 20th century by the Ahmadiyya administration and the capacity of the building increased from its initial capacity of 200 to 15,000 by the year 2014.[6]
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