The Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, built in 1573, is one of the most famous mosques of Ahmedabad.
As attested by the marble stone tablet fixed on the wall of the mosque,
it was built by Sidi Saeed or Sidi Saiyyed, an Abyssinian in the
retinue of Bilal Jhajar Khan, general in the army of the last Sultan Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah III of the Gujarat Sultanate.
The mosque was built in the last year of the existence of Sultanate of Gujarat. The mosque is entirely arcuated and is famous for beautifully carved ten stone latticework windows (jalis)
on the side and rear arches. The rear wall is filled with square stone
pierced panels in geometrical designs. The two bays flanking the central
aisle have reticulated stone slabs carved in designs of intertwined
trees and foliage and a palm motif. This intricately carved stone window
is the Siddi Sayyed Jali, the unofficial symbol of city of Ahmedabad
and the inspiration for the design of the logo of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
The central window arch of the mosque, where one would expect to see another intricate jali, is instead walled with stone.This is possibly because the mosque was not completed according to plan before the Mughals invaded Gujarat
Sidi Saiyyed Mosque
The central window arch of the mosque, where one would expect to see another intricate jali, is instead walled with stone.This is possibly because the mosque was not completed according to plan before the Mughals invaded Gujarat
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