Aali Masjid

Aali Masjid stands within the Eidgah complex in Srinagar and is usually counted as the city's second largest mosque after the Jamia Masjid. Kashmiri chronicles credit its founding to Sultan Ali Shah Miri in 1395, while another tradition dates a major rebuilding to 1471 under Sultan Hasan Shah and links it with the Sufi saint Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani. It was damaged and repaired many times, with work in the Mughal and Afghan periods, and restoration was under way again in 2026.

The mosque is a fine surviving example of Kashmir's timber building tradition. Around 151 deodar columns, each about 5 metres tall and set on carved stone bases, carry the roof of a hypostyle prayer hall some 61 metres long and 20 metres wide, with room for about 2,500 worshippers. Its details include wooden lattice screens known as pinjrakari and a six-stepped stone pulpit, and the hall was long known for its coffered timber ceiling, though recent restoration work has drawn criticism for covering it.