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List of Masjids in Uttar Pradesh which was built by destroying Hindu temples

LIST OF MOSQUES IN UTTAR 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 which were 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. AGRA DISTRICT
Agra
1. Kalan Masjid in Saban Katra (1521). Temple materials used.
2. Humayun-ki-Masjid at Kachhpura (1537-38). Temple site.
3. Jami Masjid of Jahanara (1644). Temple site.
4. Dargah of Kamal Khan Shahid in Dehra Bagh. Temple material uses.
5. Riverside part of the Fort of Akbar. Jain Temple sites.
6. Chini ka Rauza. Temple site.
Bisauli
7. Masjid (1667-68). Temple site.
Fatehpur Sikri
8. Anbiya Wali Masjid and several others in Nagar. Converted temples.
9. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.
10. Dargah of Shykh Salim Chishti. Temple site.
11. Fatehpur Sikri Complex. Several temple sites.
Firozabad
12. Qadim Masjid. Temple site.
Jajau
13. Masjid. Temple site.
Rasulpur
14. Mazar of Makhdum Shah. Temple site.
Sikandra
15. Maqbara of Akbar. Temple site.
16. Masjid in the Mission Compound. Temple site.
II. ALIGARH DISTRICT
Aligarh
17. Idgah (1562-63). Temple site.
18. Dargah of Shykh Jalalud-Din Chishti Shamsul-Arifin. Temple site.
19. Graveyard with several Mazars. Temple site.
20. Shershahi Masjid (1542). Temple site.
21. Masjid (1676). Temple site.
Pilkhana
22. Babari or Jami Masjid (1528-29). Temple: materials used.
Sikandara Rao
23. Jami Masjid (1585). Temple site.
III. ALLAHABAD DISTRICT
Allahabad
24. Fort of Akbar. Temple sites.
25. Khusru Bagh. Temple sites.
26. Dargah of Shah Ajmal Khan with a Graveyard. Temple site.
27. Masjid (1641-22). Temple site.
28. Gulabbari Graveyard. Temple site.
Koh Inam
29. Jami Masjid (1384). Temple site.
Mauima
30. Qadim Masjid. Temple site.
Shahbazpur
31. Masjid (1644-45). Temple site.
IV. AZAMGARH DISTRICT
Dohrighat
32. Kalan Masjid. Temple site.
Ganjahar
33. Masjid (1687-88). Temple site.
Mehnagar
34. Tomb of Daulat or Abhiman. Temple site.
Nizambad
35. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
36. Mazar of Mian Maqbul and Husain Khan Shahid (1562). Temple sites.
Qasba
37. Humayuns Jami Masjid (1533-34). Temple site.
V. BADAUN DISTRICT
Alapur
38. Alamgiri Masjid. Temple materials used.
Badaun
39. Shamsi or Jami Masjid (1233). Temple materials used.
40. Shamsi Idgah (1209). Temple materials used.
41. Hauz-i-Shamsi (1203). Temple materials used.
42. Dargah of Shah Wilayat (1390). Temple site.
43. Several other Masjids and Mazars. Temple sites.
Sahiswan
44. Jami Masjid (1300). Temple site.
Ujhani
45. Abdullah Khan-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
VI. BAHRAICH DISTRICT
46. Dargah of Salar Masud Ghazi. Suryadeva Temple site.
VII. BALLIA DISTRICT
Kharid
47. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
48. Dargah of Ruknud-Din Shah. Temple site.
VIII. BANDA DISTRICT
Augasi
49. Masjid (1581-82). Temple site.
Badausa
50. Masjid (1692). Temple site.
Kalinjar
51. Masjid in Patthar Mahalla (1412-13). Converted Lakshmi-Narayana Temple.
52. Masjid (1660-61). Temple site.
53. Several other Masjids and Mazars. Temple sites.
Soron
54. Dargah of Shykh Jamal. Temple site.
IX. BARA BANKI DISTRICT
Bhado Sarai
55. Mazar of Malamat Shah. Temple site.
Dewa
56. Dargah of Haji Waris Ali Shah. Temple site.
57. Masjid (1665). Temple site.
Fatehpur
58. Masjid. Temple site.
59. Imambara. Temple site.
Radauli
60. Masjid. Temple site.
61. Dargah of Shah Ahmad and Zuhra Bibi. Temple site.
Rauza Gaon
62. Rauza of Daud Shah. Temple site.
Sarai-Akbarabad
63. Masjid (1579-80). Temple site.
Satrikh
64. Dargah of Salar Sahu Ghazi. Temple site.
X. BAREILLY DISTRICT
Aonla
65. Begum-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
66. Maqbara of Ali Muhammad Rohilla. Temple site.
Bareilly
67. Mirzai Masjid (1579-80). Temple site.
Faridpur
68. Fort built by Shykh Farid. Temple materials used.
XI. BIJNOR DISTRICT
Barmih-ka-Khera
69. Masjid. Temple materials used.
Jahanabad
70. Maqbara of Nawab Shujaat Khan. Temple site.
Kiratpur
71. Fort with a Masjid inside. Temple materials used.
Mandawar
72. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.
Najibabad
73. Patthargarh Fort. Temple materials used.
Nihtaur
74. Masjid. Temple site.
Seohara
75. Masjid. Temple site.
XII. BULANDSHAHAR DISTRICT
Aurangabad Sayyid
76. All Masjids stand on temple sites.
Bulandshahar
77. Dargah. Temple site.
78. Fort. Materials of many temples used.
79. Idgah. Temple site.
80. Masjid (1311). Temple site.
81. Masjid (1538). Temple site.
82. Masjid (1557). Temple site.
Khurja
83. Mazar of Makhdum Sahib. Temple site.
Shikarpur
84. Several Masjids built in Sikandar Lodis reign. Temple sites.
Sikandarabad
85. Several Masjids built in Sikandar Lodi a reign. Temple sites.
XIII. ETAH DISTRICT
Atranjikhera
86. Mazar of Hazrat Husain (or Hasan). Temple site.
Jalesar
87. Mazar of Miran Sayyid Ibrahim (1555). Temple site.
88. Fort. Temple materials used.
Kasganj
89. Jami Masjid (1737-38). Temple site.
Marahra
90. Masjid and Mazar. Temple site.
Sakit
91. Qadim Masjid (1285). Temple materials used.
92. Akbari Masjid (1563). Temple site.
XIV. ETAWAH DISTRICT
Auraiya
93. Two Masjids. Temple sites.
Etawah
94. Jami Masjid. Converted temple.
Phaphund
95. Masjid and Mazar of Shah Bukhari (d.1549). Temple site.
XV. FARRUKHABAD DISTRICT
Farrukhabad
96. Several Masjids. Temple materials used.
Kannauj
97. Dina or Jami Masjid (1406). Sita-ki-Rasoi. Temple materials used.
98. Dargah of Makhdum Jahanian. Temple materials used.
99. Dargah of Baba Haji Pir. Temple site.
100. Masjid (1663-64). Temple site.
101. Dargah of Bala Pir. Temple site.
Rajgirhar
102. Mazar of Shykh Akhi Jamshed. Temple site.
Shamsabad
103. All Masjids and Mazars. Temple sites.
XVI. FATEHPUR DISTRICT
Haswa
104. Idgah (1650-51). Temple site.
Hathgaon
105. Jayachandi Masjid. Temple materials used.
106. Dargah of Burhan Shahid. Temple site.
Kora (Jahanabad)
107. Dargah of Khwaja Karrak. Temple site.
108. Jami Masjid (1688-89). Temple site.
Kot
109. Ladin-ki-Masjid (built in 1198-99, reconstructed in 1296). Temple site.
XVII. FAISABAD DISTRICT
Akbarpur
110. Qala-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
111. Masjid (1660-61). Temple site.
Ayodhya
112. Babari Masjid. Rama-Janmabhumi Temple site.
113. Masjid built by Aurangzeb. Swargadvara Temple site.
114. Masjid built by Aurangzeb. Treta-ka-Thakur Temple site.
115. Mazar of Shah Juran Ghuri. Temple site.
116. Mazars of Sir Paighambar and Ayub Paighambar near Maniparvat. On the site of a Buddhist Temple which contained footmarks of the Buddha.
Fyzabad
117. Imambara. Temple site.
Hatila
118. Mazar of a Ghazi. Alokanatha Mahadeva. Temple site.
Kichauchha
119. Dargah of Makhdum Ashraf in nearby Rasulpur. Temple site.
XVIII. GHAZIPUR DISTRICT
Bhitri
120. Masjid and Mazar. Temple materials used.
121. Idgah. Temple site.
122. Bridge below the Idgah. Buddhist Temple materials used.
Ghazipur
123. Mazar and Masjid. Temple site.
124. Chahal Situn Palace. Temple site.
Hingtar
125. Qala-ki-Masjid. Temple materials used.
126. Fort. Temple materials used.
Khagrol
127. Bara Khamba or Dargah of Shykh Ambar. Temple site.
Saidpur
128. Two Dargahs. Converted Buddhist Temples.
XIX. GONDA DISTRICT
Sahet-Mahet (Sravasti)
129. Maqbara. On the plinth of Sobhnath Jain Temple.
130. Mazar of Miran Sayyid. On the ruins a Buddhist Vihara.
131. Imli Darwaza. Temple materials used.
132. Karbala Darwaza. Temple materials used.
XX. GORAKHPUR DISTRICT
Gorakhpur
133. Imambara. Temple site.
Lar
134. Several Masjids. Temple sites.
Pava
135. Karbala. On the ruins of a Buddhist Stupa.
XXI. HAMIRPUR DISTRICT
Mahoba
136. Masjid outside Bhainsa Darwaza of the Fort (1322). Converted temple.
137. Masjid built on a part of the Palace of Parmardideva on the Hill. Temple materials used.
138. Two Maqbaras. Temple materials used.
139. Dargah of Pir Muhammad Shah. Converted Siva temple.
140. Dargah of Mubarak Shah and Graveyard nearby. Contain no less than 310 pillar from demolished temples.
Rath
141. Two Maqbaras. Temple materials used.
XXII. HARDOI DISTRICT
Bilgram
142. Sayyidon-ki-Masjid. Temple materials used.
143. Jami Masjid (1438). Temple materials used.
144. Several other Masjids and Dargahs. Temple materials used.
Gopamau
145. Several Masjids. Temple sites.
Pihani
146. Abdul Gafur-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
147. Dargah of Sadr-i-Jahan (1647-48). Temple site.
Sandila
148. Qadim Masjid. Temple site.
149. Mazar in Barah Khamba. Temple site.
XXIII. JALAUN DISTRICT
Kalpi
150. Chaurasi Gumbad complex of tombs. Many temple sites.
151. Dargah of Shah Abdul Fath Alai Quraishi (1449). Temple site.
152. Dargah of Shah Babu Haji Samad (1529). Temple site.
153. Deodhi or Jami Masjid (1554). Temple site.
Katra
154. Masjid (1649). Temple site.
XXIV. JAUNPUR DISTRICT
Jaunpur
155. Atala Masjid (1408). Atala Devi Temple materials used.
156. Dariba Masjid. Vijayachandras Temple materials used.
157. Jhanjari Masjid. Jayachandras Temple materials used.
158. Lal Darwaza Masjid. Temple materials from the Visvesvara Temple at Varanasi used.
159. Hammam Darwaza Masjid (1567-68). Temple materials used.
160. Ibrahim Barbak-ki-Masjid inside the Fort (1360). Temple materials used.
161. Jami Masjid. Patala Devi Temple site.
162. Fort. Temple materials used.
163. Akbari Bridge on the Gomati. Temple materials used.
164. Khalis Mukhlis or Char Anguli Masjid. Temple site.
165. Khan Jahan-ki-Masjid (1364). Temple site.
166. Rauza of Shah Firuz. Temple site.
Machhlishahar
167. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
168. Karbala. Temple site.
169. Sixteen other Masjids. Temple sites.
Shahganj
170. Dargah of Shah Hazrat Ali. Temple site.
Zafarabad
171. Masjid and Dargah of Makhdum Shah (1311 or 1321). Temple materials used.
172. Ibrahim Barbak-ki-Masjid. Converted temple.
173. Zafar Khan-ki-Masjid (1397). Converted temple.
174. Ganj-i-Shahidan. Temple materials used.
175. Fort. Temple materials used.
176. Early Sharqi buildings including many Maqbaras. Temple materials used.
177. Dargah of Asarud-Din. Temple materials used.
XXV. JHANSI DISTRICT
Irich
178. Jami Masjid (1412). Temple materials used.
Lalitpur
179. Basa Masjid (1358). Materials of four temples used.
Talbhat
180. Masjid (1405). Temple site.
181. Dargah of Pir Taj Baj. Temple site.
XXVI. KANPUR DISTRICT
Jajmau
182. Dargah of Alaud-Din Makhdum Shah (1360). Temple site.
183. Idgah (1307). Temple site.
184. Qala-ki-Masjid. Temple site.
185. Jami Masjid (renovated in 1682). Temple site.
Makanpur
186. Mazar of Shah Madar. Converted temple.
XXVII. LUCKNOW DISTRICT
Kakori
187. Jhanjhari Rauza of Makhdum Nizamud-Din. Temple materials used.
Lucknow
188. Tilewali. Masjid Temple site.
189. Asafud-Daula Imambara. Temple site.
190. Dargah of Shah Muhammad Pir on Lakshmana Tila renamed Pir Muhammad Hill. Temple site.
191. Mazar of Shykh Ibrahim Chishti Rahmatullah. Temple materials used.
192. Nadan Mahal or Maqbara of Shykh Abdur-Rahim. Temple site.
193. Machchi Bhavan. Temple sites.
Musanagar
194. Masjid (1662-63). Temple site.
Nimsar
195. Fort. Temple materials used.
Rasulpur
196. Masjid (1690-91). Temple site.
XXVIII. MAINPURI DISTRICT
Rapri
197. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
198. Idgah (1312). Temple site.
199. Dargah of Pir Faddu. Temple site.
XXIX. MATHURA DISTRICT
Mahaban
200. Assi Khamba Masjid. Converted temple.
Mathura
201. Idgah on the Katra Mound. Kesavadeva. Temple site.
202. Jami Masjid built by Abdun-nabi (1662). Temple materials used.
203. Mazar of Shykh Farid. Temple materials used.
204. Mazar of Makhdum Shah Wilayat at Sami Ghat. Temple materials used.
Naujhil
205. Dargah of Makhdum Shykh Saheti Sahib. Temple materials used.
XXX. MEERUT DISTRICT
Barnawa
206. Humayun’s Masjid (1538-39). Temple site.
Garhmuktesar
207. Masjid (1283). Temple site.
Hapur
208. Jami Masjid (1670-71). Temple site.
Jalali
209. Jami Masjid (1266-67). Temple materials used.
Meerut
210. Jami Masjid. Stands on the ruins of a Buddhist Vihara.
211. Dargah at Nauchandi. Nauchandi Devi Temple site.
Phalauda
212. Dargah of Qutb Shah. Temple site.
XXXI. MIRZAPUR DISTRICT
Bhuli
213. Masjid in Dakhni Tola. Temple site.
Chunar
214. Mazar of Shah Qasim Sulaiman. Temple site.
215. Fort. Temple materials used.
Mirzapur
216. Several Masjids. Temple sites.
XXXII. MORADABAD DISTRICT
Amroha
217. Jami Masjid. Converted temple.
218. Dargah and Masjid of Shykh Saddu. Temple site.
219. Dargah of Shykh Wilayat. Temple site.
220. Masjid (1557-58). Temple site.
221. Many other Masjids. Temple sites.
Azampur
222. Masjid (1555-56). Temple site.
Bachhraon
223. Several Masjids. Temple sites.
Moradabad
224. Jami Masjid (1630). Temple site.
Mughalpura-Agwanpur
225. Masjid (1695-96). Temple site.
Sirsi
226. Qadimi Masjid. Temple site.
Ujhari
227. Mazar of Shykh Daud. Temple site.
Sambhal
228. Jami Masjid. Converted Vishnu Temple.
229. Masjid in Sarai Tarim (1503). Temple site.
230. Mazar of Mian Hatim Sambhali. Temple site.
231. Mazar of Shykh Panju. Temple site.
XXXIII. MUZAFFARNAGAR DISTRICT
Daira Din Panah
232. Mazar of Sayyid Din Panah. Temple site.
Ghausgah
233. Fort and Masjid. Temple materials used.
Jhinjhana
234. Dargah (1495). Temple site.
235. Masjid and Mazar of Shah Abdul Razzaq (1623). Temple site.
Kairana
236. Dargah. Temple site.
237. Masjid (1551). Temple site.
238. Masjid (1553-54). Temple site.
239. Masjid (1617-18). Temple site.
240. Masjid (1630-31). Temple site.
241. Masjid (1651-52). Temple site.
Majhera
242. Masjid and Mazar of Umar Nur. Temple site.
Sambhalhera
243. Two Masjids (1631-32). Temple site.
Thana Bhawan
244. Masjid (1702-03). Temple site.
XXXIV. PILIBHIT DISTRICT
245. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
XXXV. PRATAPGARH DISTRICT
Manikpur
246. Many Masjids and Mazars. On the ruins of demolished temples.
XXXVI. RAMPUR DISTRICT
247. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
XXXVII. RAE BARELI DISTRICT
Datmau
248. Idgah (1357-58). Temple site.
249. Fort. On the ruins of Buddhist Stupas.
250. Masjid (1616). Temple site.
Jais
251. Jami Masjid. Temple materials used.
252. Masjid (1674-75). Temple site.
Rae Bareli
253. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
254. Jahan Khan Masjid. Temple site.
255. Dargah of Makhdum Sayyid Jafari. Temple site.
256. Fort. Temple materials used.
XXXVIII. SAHARANPUR DISTRICT
Ambahata
257. Masjid (1533-34). Temple site.
258. Masjid (1534-35). Temple site.
Deoband
259. Masjid (1510). Temple site.
260. Masjid (1557). Temple site.
261. Jami Masjid (1677-78). Temple site.
Gangoh
262. Mazar of Shykh Abdul Quddus. Temple site.
263. Three Masjids. Temple sites.
Jaurasi
264. Masjid (1675-76). Temple site.
Kaliyar
265. Dargah of Shykh Alaud-Din Ali bin Ahmad Sabri, a disciple of Baba Farid Shakar Ganj of Pak Pattan. Temple site.
Manglaur
266. Masjid (1285). Temple site.
267. Dargah of Shah Wilayat. Temple site.
Rampur
268. Mazar of Shykh Ibrahim. Temple site.
Saharanpur
269. Jami Masjid. Temple site.
Sakrauda
270. Dargah of Shah Ruknud-Din or Shah Nachchan. Temple site.
Sirsawa
271. Mazar of Pir Kilkili Shah. On top of temples destroyed.
XXXIX. SHAHJAHANPUR DISTRICT
Kursi
272. Masjid (1652). Temple site.
Shahjahanpur
273. Bahadur Khan-ki-Masjid (1647). Temple site.
XL. SITAPUR DISTRICT
Biswan
274. Masjid (1637-38). Temple site.
Khairabad
275. Several Masjids. Temple sites.
Laharpur
276. Mazar of Shykh Abdur-Rahman. Temple site.
XLI. SULTANPUR DISTRICT
Amethi
277. Mazar of Shykh Abdul Hasan. Temple site.
Isuli
278. Jami Masjid (1646-47). Temple site.
279. Mazar of Sayyid Ashraf Jahangir Simnani. Temple site.
XLII. UNAO DISTRICT
Bangarmau
280. Badi Dargah of Alaud-Din Ghanaun (1320). Temple materials used.
281. Dargah of Jalalud-Din (d.1302). Temple site.
282. Chhoti Dargah (1374). Temple site.
283. Jami Masjid (1384). Temple site.
Rasulabad
284. Alamgiri Masjid. Temple site.
Safipur
285. Dargah of Shah Shafi. Temple materials used.
286. Dargah of Qudratullah. Temple materials used.
287. Dargah of Fahimullah. Temple materials used.
288. Dargah of Hafizullah. Temple materials used.
289. Dargah of Abdullah. Temple materials used.
290. Fourteen Masjids. Temple sites.
XLIII. VARANASI DISTRICT
Asla
291. Shah Jahani Masjid. Temple site.
Varanasi
292. Masjid at Gyanavapi. Visvesvara Temple material used.
293. Masjid at Panchaganga Ghat. Kiritavisvesvara Temple materials used.
294. Masjid and Dargah of Sayyid Fakhrud-Din Sahib Aivi (1375) Temple site.
295. Bindu Madhava Masjid (1669). Converted Bindu-Madhava Temple.
296. Masjid and Mazar at Bakariya Kund. Temple materials used.
297. Adhai Kangra-ki-Masjid in Adampura. Temple site.
298. Darhara Masjid. Temple site.
299. Mazar of Lal Khan at Rajghat. Temple site.

EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE THAT IN UTTAR 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?