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The Ahemed Shah's Mosque was built in 1414 A.D. by the founder of the city, Ahemed Shah. One of the earliest mosques of the city, it is to the south-west of the Bhadra Fort, named after the Hindu goddess, Kali. The front of the mosque is now a garden. Named after the Hindu wife of Sultan Mohammad Beghara. The Rani Raupamati's Mosque was built in between 1430 to 1440 A. D. The mosque has richly carved minarets, balcony windows and perforated stone lattices. Its three domes are linked together by a flat roof. As with so many of Ahemedabad's early mosques, this one displays elements of both Hindu and Islamic design. Nearly every town and city with Islamic influence has a Jama Masjid. But The Jama Masjid of Ahemedabad is considered to be he most beautiful mosque of the east. It was build by Ahmad Shah in 1423 and is the principal mosque of the Islamic era situated in the centre of the city near Three Gates (Tran Darwaja). Built in Indo- Saracenic architectural style, it has 260 pillars supporting 15 domes arranged symmetrically. A special feature of the mosque is the Muluk-Khana, or the Royal Gallery, which is a platform standing on pillars and enclosed up to the roof with beautiful stone work. The Sidi Bashir Mosque is famed for its shaking minarets. This is a pair of minarets and is said that when one minaret is shaken, the other rocks in sympathy. The architecture was designed so to protect the monument against the earth quakes but even today the crucial mechanism that causes the vibration is still a mystery.
The Mosque of Siddi Saiyyed, near Lal Darwaja is world famous for its magnificent stone tracery. The tracery is acclaimed for its splendid carved net screen of ten semi-circular windows. This unique architecture was built by the so called slave of Ahemed Shah, Siddi Sayyed in the mid 16th century. The mosque is the best example of the Indo Saracenic architecture with delicate carvings which transform stones into filigree. The models in miniatures of this splendid structure are best to carry as souvenirs from the city.
