EditorList of Masjids in Madhya Pradesh which was built by destroying Hindu temples
LIST OF MOSQUES IN MADHYA PRADESH WHICH WERE BUILT AFTER DEMOLISHING THE HINDU TEMPLES
We give below, state-wise and district-wise, the particulars of Muslim monuments which stand on the sites and/or have been built with the materials of Hindu temples, and which we wish to recall as witnesses to the role of Islam as a religion and the character of Muslim rule in medieval India. The list is the result of a preliminary survey. Many more Muslim monuments await examination. Local traditions which have so far been ignored or neglected have to be tapped on a large scale.
We have tried our best to be exact in respect of locations, names and dates of the monuments mentioned. Even so, some mistakes and confusions may have remained. It is not unoften that different sources provide different dates and names for the same monument. Many Muslim saints are known by several names, which create confusion in identifying their mazars or dargahs. Some districts have been renamed or newly, created and a place which was earlier under one district may have been included in another. We shall be grateful to readers who point out these mistakes so that they can be corrected in our major study. This is only a brief summary.
Sita Ram Goel
It should be kept in mind that the list below doesn’t include all the temples destroyed by Muslims and converted to mosques. The below is the list of mosques and Dargahs where evidences exists of having been made after destroying the temples at these locations. In many mosques, Muslim rulers were able to eradicate all signs of temples, and hence not given in below list.
Anyone is free to visit the below list of mosques and see the remnants and materials of Hindu temples used in their construction. Archaeological Survey of India should conduct an excavation of below mosques to find out more about the ancient temples in these locations and possible mass graves around the mosque sites.
I. BETUL DISTRICT
Pattan
1. Dargah of Sulaiman Shah. Temple site.
Umri
2. Dargah of Rahman Shah. Temple site.
II. BHOPAL DISTRICT
Berasia
3. Masjid (1716). Temple site.
Bhopal
4. Jami Masjid built by Qudsia Begum. Sabhamandala Temple site.
III. BILASPUR DISTRICT
Khimlasa
5. Dargah of Panch Pir. Temple site.
6. Nagina Mahal. Temple site.
7. Idgah. Temple site.
8. Masjid with three domes. Temple site.
IV. DAMOH DISTRICT
9. Dargah of Ghazi Mian. Temple site.
10. Fort. Temple materials used.
V. DEWAS DISTRICT
Dewas
11. Masjid (1562). Temple site.
12. Masjid (1705). Temple site.
13. Masjid (1707). Temple site.
Gandhawal
14. Graveyard inside the village. Jain Temple materials used.
Sarangpur
15. Madrasa (1493). Temple site.
16. Jami Masjid (1640). Temple site.
17. Pir Jan-ki-Bhati Masjid. Temple site.
18. Fort. Temple materials used.
Unchod
19. Idgah (1681). Temple site.
VI. DHAR DISTRICT
Dhar
Capital of Raja Bhoja Paramara converted into a Muslim capital. The following Muslim monuments tell their own story:
20. Kamal Maula Masjid. Temple materials used.
21. Lat Masjid (1405). Jain Temple materials used.
22. Mazar of Abdullah Shah Changal. Temple site.
Mandu
An ancient Hindu city converted into a Muslim capital and the following monuments built on the sites of and/or with materials from temples
23. Jami Masjid (1454).
24. Dilawar Khan-ki-Masjid (1405).
25. Chhoti Jami Masjid.
26. Pahredaron-ki-Masjid (1417).
27. Malik Mughis-ki-Masjid.
28. Maqbara of Hushang Shah.
29. Jahaz Mahal.
30. Tawil Mahal.
31. Nahar Jharokha.
32. Hindola Mahal.
33. Rupmati Pavilion.
34. Ashrafi Mahal.
35. Dai-ki-Chhoti Bahen-ka-Mahal.
36. Baz Bahadur-ka-Mahal.
37. Nilkanth Mahal.
38. Chhappan Mahal.
39. Fort and Gates.
40. Gada-Shah-ka-Mahal.
41. Hammam Complex.
VII. DHOLPUR DISTRICT
Bari
42. Masjid (1346 or 1351). Temple site.
VIII. EAST NIMAR DISTRICT
Bhadgaon
43. Jami Masjid (1328). Temple site.
Jhiri
44. Masjid (1581). Temple site.
Khandwa
45. Masjid (1619-20). Temple site.
IX. GUNA DISTRICT
Chanderi
Muslim city built from the ruins of the old or Budhi Chanderi nearby. The following
monuments stand on the sites of temples and/or have temple materials used in them:
46. Masjid (1392).
47. Moti Masjid.
48. Jami Masjid.
49. Panchmuhnda Masjid.
50. Qurbani Chabutra.
51. Dargah of Mewa Shah.
52. Mazar known as Bada Madrasa.
53. Mazar known as Chhota Madrasa.
54. Raja-ka-Maqbara.
55. Rani-ka-Maqbara.
56. Battisi Baodi Masjid (1488).
57. Hathipur-ki-Masjid (1691).
58. Mazar of Shykh Burhanud-Din.
59. Fort.
60. Kushk Mahal.
61. Idgah (1495).
Pipari
62. Masjid (1451). Temple site.
Shadoragaon
63. Jami Masjid (1621-22). Temple site.
X. GWALIOR DISTRICT
Gwalior
64. Dargah of Muhammad Ghaus. Temple site.
65. Jami Masjid near Gujari Mahal. Temple site.
66. Masjid near Ganesh Gate. Gawalipa Temple site.
67. Graveyards on east and west of the Fort. Temple sites.
Jajao
68. Lal Patthar-ki-Masjid, Temple materials used.
Mundrail
69. Several Masjids (1504). Temple sites.
Sipri
70. Several Masjids and Mazars. Temple materials used.
XI. INDORE DISTRICT
Depalpur
71. Masjid (1670). Temple site.
Maheshwar
72. ShahI Masjid. Temple site.
73. Fort. Temple materials used.
Mehdipur
74. Mazar of Godar Shah. Temple site.
75. Fort. Temple materials used.
Sanwar
76. Masjid (1674). Temple site.
XII. MANDSAUR DISTRICT
Kayampur
77. Masjid (1676). Temple site.
78. Idgah (1701-02). Temple site.
Mandsaur
79. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.
80. Fort. Temple materials used.
Rampura
81. Padshahi Baodi. Temple materials used.
XIII. MORENA DISTRICT
Alapur
82. Masjid (1561-62). Temple site.
83. Masjid (1586-87). Temple site.
84. Masjid (1697-98). Temple site.
XIV. PANNA DISTRICT
Ajaigarh
85. Fort. Temple materials used.
Nachna
86. Masjid. Converted temple.
XV. RAISEN DISTRICT
Palmyka
87. Mandir-Masjid. Temple materials used.
XVI. RAJGARH DISTRICT
Khujner
88. Mazar of Dawal Shah. Temple materials used.
XVII. RATLAM DISTRICT
Barauda
89. Masjid (1452-56). Temple site.
XVIII. SAGAR DISTRICT
Dhamoni
90. Dargah of Bal Jati Shah (1671). Temple site.
Kanjia
91. Khan Sahib-ki-Masjid (1594-95). Temple site.
92. Idgah (1640). Temple site.
93. Alamgiri Masjid (1703). Temple site.
94. Qala-ki-Masjid (1643). Temple site.
Khimlasa
95. Panch Pir. Temple site.
XIX. SEHORE DISTRICT
96. Masjid (1332). Temple site.
XX. SHAJAPUR DISTRICT
Agartal
97. Masjid. Temple site.
XXI. SHIVPURI DISTRICT
Narod
98. Zanzari Masjid. Temple site.
Narwar
99. Dargah of Shah Madar. Temple site.
100. Jami Masjid (1509). Temple materials used.
101. Masjid inside Havapaur Gate (1509). Temple site.
Pawaya
102. Fort. Temple materials used.
103. Several other Muslim monuments. Temple materials used.
Ranod
104. Masjid (1331-32). Temple site.
105. Masjid (1441). Temple site.
106. Masjid (1633). Temple site.
107. Masjid (1640). Temple site.
Shivpuri
108. Jami Masjid (1440). Temple site.
XXII. UJJAIN DISTRICT
Barnagar
109. Masjid (1418). Temple site.
Ujjain
110. Jami Masjid known as Bina-niv-ki-Masjid (1403-04). Temple site.
111. Masjid unearthed near Chaubis Khamba Gate. Temple materials used.
112. MochI Masjid. Converted temple.
XXIII. VIDISHA DISTRICT
Basoda
113. Masjid (1720-21). Temple site.
Bhonrasa
114. Qalandari Masjid. Temple materials used.
115. Jagirdar-ki-Masjid (1683). Temple site.
116. Badi Masjid in Bada Bagh (1685). Temple site.
117. Bandi Bagh-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
118. Bara-Khamba Masjid. Temple site.
119. Ek-Khamba Masjid. Temple site.
120. Bina-niv-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
121. Graveyard in Bandi Bagh. Amidst temple ruins.
122. Idgah. Temple site.
123. Fort (1594). Temple materials used.
Parasari
124. Masjid (1694-95). Temple site.
Renkla
125. Masjid. (1647-48). Temple site.
Shamsabad
126. Masjid (1641). Temple site.
Sironj
127. Alamgiri Masjid (1662-63). Temple site.
128. Masjid in Mahalla Rakabganj (1657-58). Temple site.
129. Dargah of Shykh Sahib (d.1657). Temple site.
Tal
130. Masjid (1644-45). Temple site.
Udaypur
131. Masjid (1336). Temple materials used.
132. Masjid built by Aurangzeb. Temple materials used.
133. Moti Masjid (1488-89). Temple site.
134. Masjid (1549). Temple site.
135. Two Masjids of Shah Jahan. Temple sites.
136. Masjid of Jahangir. Temple site.
Vidisha
137. Alamgiri or Vijaimandal Masjid (1682). Converted temple.
138. Masjid on Lohangi Hill (1457). Temple site.
139. Shah Jahani Masjid (1650-51). Temple site.
140. City Wall. Temple materials used
XXIV. WEST NIMAR DISTRICT
Asirgarh
141. Jami Masjid (1584). Temple site.
142. Masjid built in the reign of Shah Jahan. Temple site.
143. Idgah (1588-89). Temple site.
144. Fort. Temple materials used.
Bhikangaon
145. Idgah (1643-44). Temple site.
Baidia
146. Masjid (1456-57). Temple site.
Burhanpur
147. Jami Masjid (1588-89). Temple site.
148. Bibi Sahib-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
149. Shah Masud-ki-Masjid (1582-83). Temple site.
150. Dargah and Masjid of Shah Bahaud- Din Bajan. Temple site.
151. Dargah of Sufi Nur Shah. Temple site.
EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN MADHYA PRADESH THE ABOVE MENTIONED MOSQUES AND DARGAHS WERE CONSTRUCTED BY DESTROYING HINDU TEMPLES. BUT IN MANY OTHER CASES MUSLIMS SUCCEEDED IN REMOVING ALL TRACES OF TEMPLES FROM THE
MOSQUES. IN SUCH CASES ONLY AN EXCAVATION BY ASI WILL REVEAL THE DESTROYED TEMPLES.
WHILE MUSLIMS ASK FOR REBUILDING THE ILLEGAL MOSQUE IN AYODHYA, WHY SHOULD NOT HINDUS DEMAND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DESTROYED TEMPLES IN INDIA?