Mohammed Ghous Mosque

The Mohammed Ghous Mosque, sometimes called the Ek Toda Mosque or the mosque of Muhammad Ghous Gwaliori (Shattari), is a Sufi mosque in the Sarangpur area of Ahmedabad. Its builder, in 1562, was Sheikh Mohammed Ghaus, a Sufi saint from Gwalior who spent ten years in Ahmedabad preaching the Shattari tradition, work his son Sheikh Uwais carried on.

The mosque follows the Jaunpuri style of Indo-Islamic architecture. Two rows of pillars joined by arches carry its flat domes, and two octagonal minarets mark the ends of the facade. The northern minaret is complete, with five balconies alternating with gaps, while the southern one breaks off one storey above the roof.