Shah Najaf Imambara is one of the several
imambaras in
Lucknow
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,
Uttar Pradesh
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, India.
History
Shah Najaf Imambara was constructed by
Nawab
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Ghazi-ud-Din Haider in 1818,
the last
Nawab Wazir and the first King of the
Oudh state
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in 1818 to 1827. The building was named after the term Shah-e-Najaf (King of Najaf) which is an allusion to
Ali. This imambara served as Ghazi-ud-Din Haider's
mausoleum
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. His three wives Sarfaraz Mahal, Mubarak Mahal and Mumtaz Mahal are also buried there.
The thick walls around the mosque are said to have withstonod the heavy gun fires of British naval brigade during their advance in 1857.
Location
Shah Najaf Imambara is located near
Gomti river on the Rana Pratap Road almost 4 kilometres away from the
Bada Imambara.
It is close to the Sikandar Bagh Chauraha and is flanked by
National Botanical Research Institute on one side. The monuments is quite close to
Hazratganj
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...
market.
File:Shah Najaf Mosque in 2013 2014-05-30 22-00.jpg, Mosque in 2013
File:Shah Najaf Imambara in the 1890s.jpg, Shah Najaf in the 1890s
File:SHAH NAJAF MOSQUE.jpg, Illustration of Shah Najaf Mosque on postcard of Raphael Tuck & Sons
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File:SHAH NAJAF IMAMBARA ON THE OBSERVANCE OF MUHARRAM.jpg, Decorations on the observance of Muharram
File:Inner view of Shah Nazaf Imambara, Lucknow 05.jpg, Interiors of the Mosque
See also
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Chota Imambara
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Bara Imambara
The Bara Imambara (), also known as the Asafi Imambara, is a significant imambara and mosque complex located in Lucknow, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Built by Asaf-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Awadh, in 1784, it is the world's second larges ...
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Roomi Darwaza
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Chattar Manzil
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Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab
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Imambaras of Lucknow
References
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Shia Islam
Islam in India
Imambaras of Lucknow
1817 establishments in India
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1817
Indo-Islamic architecture