Malik Alam's Mosque

Malik Alam's Mosque, also called Peer Kamaal's Mosque, stands in the Shah Alam area of Ahmedabad, now partly ruined and protected as a Monument of National Importance. Malik Alam bin Kabir, a son-in-law of Sultan Ahmed Shah I, built it in 1422.

The archaeologist James Burgess recorded five domes, the central one much higher, and a roof carried on 72 pillars and 44 pilasters, with five marble mihrabs in the back wall. Compared with earlier buildings in the city, it shows more skill in adapting the niches and ornament of temple spires to the base of the minaret. The 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake damaged both minarets, and their upper parts were taken down around 1882. The mosque is now threatened by encroachment and illegal building.