Jami Mosque, Khambhat

The mosque is located in Khambat or Cambay, which was a prosperous mercantile port town during the 7th to the 18th century. It is at the estuary of the Mahi River, and is from Ahmedabad and from Vadodara. ==History==

Alauddin Khalji (1296–1315) conquered Gujarat and captured Khambat in 1324. During his conquest in Gujarat, he built a magnificent mosque. According to an inscription on the mosque, it was built in 1325. Umar bin Ahmad al-Kazaruni, a businessman of the town, is credited with building the mosque. This structure is a congregational mosque which marks the start of Islamic architecture in Gujarat and is distinct in style. ==Architecture==

The mosque's architecture marks the evolution of the Indo-Islamic architecture. The interior part of the mosque has a colonnaded open courtyard which is built with 100 columns supporting roofs built from the ruins of Hindu and Jain temples. There are arcaded entrances to the aisle of the mosque which are provided with a flat roof. In the middle portion of the mosque which hides the domes of the roof, there are jambs which rise to a height of about and these are topped by sharp finials. == Gallery ==

Jami Mosque, Khambhat, Gujarat, India.jpg|Entrance corridor area of the mosque from the eastern wall Jami Masjid Khambhat Plan.jpg|Building plan Omar bin Ahmad Al Kazaruni's Tomb in the Jami Masjid, Khambhat (Cambay).jpg|The tomb of Omar bin Ahmad Al Kazaruni in the mosque == See also ==