Location
Masjid e Miyan Mishk is located on the Puranapul crossroad on the northern bank of the bridge.
Description
Built between the years 1674–1681, it is named after an Abyssinian commander in Abul Hasan Tana Shah’s troops. The mosque, located in Mustaidpura across from Purana Pul, is in the form of a double verandah (27 feet by 28 feet, four inches) and a mihrab (niche), eight feet deep. The façade has three arches each seven feet wide. Two minarets are located on either side of the verandah. A large cistern 28 feet wide is in the middle of the front platform. Six inscriptions adorn the mosque, including the one recording Miyan Mishk’s year of death, 1680.
It is one of the last Qutb Shahi mosques to be erected in the reign of Abul Hasan Qutb Shah and has six inscriptions which give insights on the administration and revenue system in the Qutb Shahi period. The masjid precinct also originally featured a hamam (communal bath) and a sarai (rest house), which are now in poor condition.
Existing Condition
Modern additions have been constructed to create additional prayer area outside the masjid. The adjoining hamam and sarai have been occupied.
Archive
References
Syed Ali Asghar Bilgrami, Landmarks of the Deccan, (Hyderabad: Government Central Press, 1927), pp. 78–88;
H.K. Sherwani, History of the Qutb Shahi Dynasty, (New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1974), pp. 617–618;
M.A. Nayeem, The Heritage of the Qutb Shahis of Golconda and Hyderabad, (Hyderabad Hyderabad Publishers, 2006), pp. 159–160.
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