India Guide
Gujarat
Ahmed Shah's Mosque
Address: West of Bhadra, not far from Victoria Gardens
Ahmed Shah's small and attractively simple mosque was the private place of worship for the royal household. Sections of an old Hindu temple, perhaps dating back to 1250 AD, were used in its construction – hence the incongruous Sanskrit inscriptions on some of the pillars in the sanctuary. Look out for the zenana, or women's chamber, hidden behind pierced stone screens above the sanctuary in the northeast corner.