Mecca masjid , hyderabad

1. Mecca masjid
Monument architectural elements

3. Mecca masjid
● Location:Hyderabad, Telangana
● Geographic coordinates:17.360305°N 78.473416°E
● Architecture Style:Indo-Islamic architecture
● Completed:1694
● Specifications Capacity:20,000
● Measurements :67*54*23 m
● Materials:granite
* MECCA MASJID is the oldest mosques in
hyderabad,telangana in india and it is one of the largest
masjids in india
*MECCA Masjid is a listed heritage building in the old city of
hyderabad, close to the historic landmarks of Chowmahalla,
Laad Bazaar, and charminar.
*Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, the fifth ruler of the Qutb Shahi
dynasty, commissioned bricks to be made from the soil
brought from Mecca, the holiest site of Islam, and used them
in the construction of the central arch of the mosque, thus
giving the mosque its name.

4. Architectural elements
i. Mihrab (niche)
ii. Minarets (towers)
iii. Qubba (dome)
iv. Floral and geometrical interiors.
v. Sahn (courtyard)
vi. Tombs(shrine)
vii. Minbar (a place where the speaker sits and lectures the
congregation)
viii. Muqarna (ornamental vaulting)
ix. Iwan (vaulted space used as an entrance)
x. Pishaq (rectangular frame around an arched opening)

5. Plan

6. 1.Sahn
Courtyard
● The most fundamental necessity of
congregational mosque architecture is
that it be able to hold the entire male
population of a city or are.
● In many mosques this is adjoined to
an open courtyard, called a sahn.
● Within the courtyard one often finds a
fountain, its waters both a welcome
respite in hot lands, and important for
the ablutions (ritual cleansing) done
before prayer.

7. Courtyard

8. 2.Mihrab
Niche
● Niche:a shallow recess, especially one
in a wall to display a statue or other
ornament
● Mihrab, is a semicircular niche in the
wall of a mosque that indicates the
qibla, that is, the direction of the Kaaba
in Mecca and hence the direction that
Muslims should face when praying.
● The wall in which a mihrab appears is
thus the "qibla wall”
● facade of Mecca masjid have been
carved from a single piece of granite,
which took five years to quarry.

9. 3.Minbar
a place where the speaker sits
and lectures the congregation
● Minbar, in Islam, the pulpit from
which the sermon (khutbah) is
delivered.
● In its simplest form the minbar
is a platform with three steps.
● Often it is constructed as a
domed box at the top of a
staircase and is reached
through a doorway that can be
closed.
● It was also covered with a
cloth, the qaṭīfah.

10. Mihrab and minbar

11. 4.Minarets
Towers
● Minaret is a type of tower typically
built into or adjacent to mosques.
● There are two big minaret to the prayer
hall.
● The main structure of the mosque is
sandwiched between two massive
octagonal columns made out of a
single piece of granite
● The octagonal columns have arched
balconies on level with the roof of the
mosque with an awning for a canopy,
above which the column continues
upwards till it is crowned by a dome
and spire.

12. 5.Qubba
Dome
● Dome:a rounded vault forming
the roof of a building or
structure, typically with a
circular base.
● The prayer hall has cross arch
dome with 15 arches, 5 at three
directions and mihrab at fourth
side.
● But to the exterior you see a
flat surface at the top of the
building.

13. 6.Muqarna
Ornamental vaulting
● Muqarna is a form of ornamented
vaulting in Islamic architecture,
integral to the vernacular of Islamic
buildings.
● The muqarnas structure originated
from the squinch,called "honeycomb
vaulting", "stalactite vaulting".
● The purpose of muqarnas is to create
a smooth, decorative zone of
transition in an otherwise bare,
structural space andto distinguish
between the main parts of a building,
and serve as a transition from the
walls of a room into a domed ceiling.
● We find these in the prayer hall.

14. 7.Floral and
geometrical
interiors
Design
● In the courtyard there is a water pot
carved out of a monolithic stone of
granite.
● Above tombs is an octagonal inverted
platter from which the rest of the
minarets soar until arrested by a dome
and a spire.
● The stones below the platter are
arranged in a such a manner that they
look as the shadow of the platter.
● Jali of different designs are found all
around the mosque.
● floral motifs and friezes over the
arches

15. 8.Tombs
Shrine
● The entrance to the courtyard is one of
the mosque's most striking features
with a rectangular, arched, and
canopied building that houses the
marble graves of the Asaf Jahi dynasty
rulers. T
● his structure was created during the
rule of the Asaf Jah rulers.
● The shrines of nizams are made up of
marble decorated with beautiful flower
and leves patterns.

16. Tombs

17. 9.Iwan
vaulted space used as an
entrance
● An iwan is a rectangular hall or
space, usually vaulted, walled
on three sides, with one end
entirely open.
● Simply put its the entrance to
the courtyard

18. 10.Pishaq
rectangular frame around an
arched opening
● The formal gateway to the iwan
is called pishtaq, a Persian
term for a portal projecting
from the facade of a building.
● It is usually decorated with
calligraphy bands, glazed
tilework, and geometric
designs.
● It is rectangular in Shape.

19. Iwan and pishaq

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