Ahmad Shah's Mosque

Ahmad Shah's Mosque, also called the Shahi Jama Masjid or Juni Juma Masjid, is the oldest mosque in Ahmedabad. Ahmad Shah I, founder of the city, built it in 1414, and an inscription above the central mihrab gives its foundation as 17 December 1414. It is said to have served as the royal household's private mosque and is now a Monument of National Importance, restored by the Archaeological Survey of India in 2011.

The mosque covers about 700 square metres, with two rows of ten large domes among smaller ones, 152 pillars, four arched gateways and eight perforated stone windows. Many pillars came from Hindu and Jain temples and some still show Hindu figures; one carries an Old Gujarati inscription of 1252 naming a temple to Uttareshvara. The floor is white marble, and the canopied pulpit has a yellow marble balustrade carved with leaves. In the courtyard is the Ganj Shahid, a mound where warriors who fell in the sultan's early battles are buried.