Bahram Jung Mosque

The Bahram Jung Mosque (Tamil: பஹ்ராம் ஜங் மஸ்ஜித்) is a mosque situated in the neighbourhood of Nandanam in Chennai, India. The mosque was constructed between 1789 and 1795 by Muhammad Abdullah Qadir Nawaz Khan Bahadur Bahram Jung, a poet in the court of Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah, the Nawab of the Carnatic.

Bahram Jung Mosque
பஹ்ராம் ஜங் மஸ்ஜித்
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Location
LocationNandanam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Bahram Jung Mosque is located in Tamil Nadu
Bahram Jung Mosque
Shown within Tamil Nadu
Geographic coordinates13°03′45.9″N 80°15′51.5″E / 13.062750°N 80.264306°E / 13.062750; 80.264306
Architecture
TypeMosque
CreatorMuhammad Abdullah Qadir Nawaz Khan Bahadur Bahram Jung
Groundbreaking1789
Completed1795
Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah

Bahram Jung and his brother, Hafiz Ahmad Khan incurred huge expenses on part of the Carnatic state that on the death of Wallajah's successor Umdat ul-Umara, the lands belonging to the brothers were confiscated by the East India Company.

References

  • S. Muthiah, ed. (2008). Madras, Chennai: A 400-year record of the first city of Modern India. Vol. 1. Palaniappa Brothers. p. 125.


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