"Taj-ul-Masajid" means "Crown Mosque". Construction of the mosque was started by Sultan Jahan Begum (1868-1901) ruler of Bhopal (wife Hameeduddeen Nawab Khan) and continue to be built by Shah Jahan Begum daughter of her, until his life. The mosque was not completed due to lack of funds, and after a long lay-off, construction resumed in 1971 with the great efforts of Allama Mohammad Imran Khan Nadwi Azhari Bhopal. Construction was completed in 1985 and renovated east door massively using ancient motifs from Syrian mosques around 1250 by the Emir of Kuwait contribution to commemorate the memory of his late wife.The mosque has a pink facade topped by two 18-storey high octagonal tower with marble dome. The mosque also has three huge bulbous domes, an impressive main hallway with attractive pillars and marble floors resemble Mughal architecture such Jama Masjid in Delhi and great Badshahi Mosque Lahore. It has a courtyard with a large tank in the middle. It has a two-storey entrance with four recessed archways and nine cusped multifold openings in the main prayer hall. Quibla wall in the prayer hall is engraved with eleven recessed arches and has a fine screen trellis. Massive pillars in the hall holds 27 ceilings through squinted arches of 16 ceiling decorated with petaled designs.Dhai Seedi Ki Mosque ("Mosque of Two and Half Measures"), one of the smallest mosque in Asia, [2] is exactly the across the street from the Taj-ul-Masajid. It is on the campus of Gandhi Medical College. Dhai Seedi Ki Masjid is one of the watchtowers. It is the oldest mosque in the city of Bhopal, originally built as a fortress during the construction of the mosque while Fatehgarh started by Dost Mohammad Khan. It was built to guard stationed in the Fatehgarh Fort can perform Namaaz.
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