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A congregation mosque that was built in 1560 by Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah of Golconda. The mosque has five lofty arches and two minarets at the corners, similar to Hayat Bakshi Mosque. After the fall of Golconda, the mosque went into disuse till the area became a jagir of Nawab Arastu Jah, the Prime Minister during the reign of Nizam Ali Khan. Although the mosque was repaired in 1951, it is now dilapidated. A new four-storey mosque is later built to accommodate the namazis.
The Musheerabad Mosque, also known as the Masjid e Kalan, and as the Musheerabad Badi Masjid, and as the Jama Masjid Musheerabad, is a mosque located in the Musheerabad locality of Hyderabad, in the Hyderabad district of the state of Telangana, India. The original portion was constructed in 1560 CE by Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah, the fourth Sultan of the Qutb Shahi dynasty and is identical to the Hayat Bakshi Mosque located in Hayathnagar area of Hyderabad.
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