Babri Masjid Behind History Ayodhya India

The Babri Masjid was a mosque in Ayodhya, India Located in faizabad district, it was one of the largest mosques in the utar pradish state. According to the mosque's inscription, it was built in 1528-29 by mir baqi on orders of the of the mughal emperor babur. The mosque was located on hill known as ramkot. Opened 1527 Architectural style Sharqi architecture.

According to hearsay, Baqi destroyed a pre-existing temple of Rama at the site Limited historical evidence exists to support this theory and the existence of the temple itself is a matter of controversy. A report by the archaeological survey of India suggested that a temple existed at the site. The Political, historical and socio- religious debate over the history of the site and whether a previous temple was demolished or modified to create the mosque, is known as the Ayodhya dispute.Starting in the 19th century. there were several conflicts and court disputes between Hindus and Muslims over the mosque. On 6 December 1992, the demolition of the babri mosque by Hindu Nationalist group triggered riots all over India leading to around 2,000 deaths.

Etymology

The name Babri Mosque comes from the name of the Mughal emperor Babur, who is said to have ordered its construction. Before the 1940s, it was called Masjid -i-janmasthan ("mosque of the birthplace"), including in the official documents such as revenue records.

Background

The rulers of the Delhi sultanate and their successors, the Mughals, were great patrons of art and architecture and constructed many fine tombs, mosques and madrasas. These have a distinctive style which bears influences of later" Tughlaq" architecture. Mosques all over India were built in different styles: the most elegant styles developed in areas where indigenous art traditions were strong and local artisans were highly skilled. Thus regional pr provincial styles of mosques grew out of local temple or domestic styles, which were conditioned in their turn by climate, terrain, materials hence the enormous difference between the mosque of Bangal, Kashmir and Gujrat. The Babri mosque followed the architectural school of Jaunpore Sultanate. When viewed from the west side, it resembled the Atala Masjid in jaunpor. 

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Udaya Kumar, S.P. (August 1997)

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Asghali Engineer, ed, (1990) 

Fuller Christopher John (2004)

Mughal Mir Baqia