Mecca Masjid

Makkah Masjid in Hyderabad, India is one of the oldest and the biggest mosques in India. Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, the 5th Sultan of Hyderabad began building it in 1617 under the supervision of Mir Faizullah Baig and Rangaiah Chowdary. The work continued during the reign of Abdullah Qutub Shah and Tana Shah and was completed in 1694 by the Moghal Emperor Aurangzeb. It took about 8000 masons and 77 years to be completed.

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Hyderabad, India

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Photo prise le 27 décembre 2007 (© Ehsan Khakbaz / Flickr)

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