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Toli Masjid

Khan, Musa
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/36839
Date
1671
Description
Located on the road leading to Golconda fort from the Purana Pul. It was built by Musa Khan, mahaldar, chamberlain of Abdullah Qutb Shah in 1671. Built on a 6 foot elevated terrace, with a flight of steps on north, south and east. The mosque is divided into two halls, the outer hall has five arched openings while the inner hall has three. Two sixty foot minarets flank the two sides of the mosque. Musa Khan, who superintended construction of the Mecca Mosque was given a commission of one Toli or Damri, equaling one fourth of a pice per rupee when he constructed the Mecca Mosque. The mosque is so named after the commission the builder received for Mecca Mosque construction.
 
interior, mihrab, 2006
 
Type of Work
Mosque
Subject
Mosques, Islam -- History, Islamic cities and towns, Architecture, Islamic --India, Religious architecture, Masjids, Hyderabad (India), Mihrabs
Rights
(c) M. A. Nayeem
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