Khanqah-e-Moula
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The Khanqah-e-Moula, also known as Shah-e-Hamadan Masjid and the Khanqah, is a Sunni mosque located in the Old City of Srinagar, in the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Situat
The Khanqah on the banks of Jhelum River, in 2012
Sketch of the mosque, 1906
The mosque's interior has intricate woodwork and is richly decorated with papier-maché, seen above in 2007; the wooden structure makes it prone to fires, the latest such incident occurring in 2017
Sikandar Shah Miri
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Sikandar Shah Miri, also known by his sobriquet Sikandar But-shikan or Idol Breaker, was the seventh Sultan of Kashmir and a member of Shah Mir dynasty who ruled from 1389 until his death in 1413.
Khanqah-e-Moula
…Situated on the right bank of the river Jhelum between the Fateh Kadal and Zaina Kadal bridges, it was built in 1395 CE, and was commissioned by Sultan Sikandar in memory of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani. It is held to be the first khanqah — mosques associated with specific saints — in the Kashmir Valley. It is one…
A 1868 photograph of the ruins of the Martand Sun Temple in Mattan, razed by Sikandar. Part of the damage to the demolished temple was also caused by later earthquakes.
Jamia Masjid. Built in 1394 CE by Sikandar.