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The Shah Jahan Mosque (also known as Woking Mosque) is the first purpose-built mosque
Mosque

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid, ? . The word "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship, although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller, privately owned mosque and the larger, "collective" mosque ,...
 in Britain
Great Britain

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 built 1889 in Woking
Woking

Woking is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding Non-metropolitan district, located in the west of Surrey, England....
, 30 miles southwest from London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in the Oriental Road.

Shah Jahan Mosque was built in 1889 as one of the first mosques in westeurope from the orientalist Dr. Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner in Bath and Bargate stone in indo-saracenic stile commissioned by Shah Jahan
Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal

Sultan Shahjahan Begum, Order of the Star of India, Order of the Crown of India, Kaiser-i-Hind was the Begum of Bhopal for two times: 1844-60, and secondly during 1868-1901....
, Begum
Begum of Bhopal

The term Begum of Bhopal may refer to any of several ladies who ruled the princely state of Bhopal in Central India in the 19th and 20th centuries....
 of Bhopal (1868-1901), and maintained since then as a Waqf
Waqf

A waqf is an inalienable religious endowment in Islam, typically denoting a building or plot of land for Muslim religious or Charitable trust. It is conceptually similar to the common law trust law....
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The Shah Jahan Mosque (also known as Woking Mosque) is the first purpose-built mosque
Mosque

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid, ? . The word "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship, although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller, privately owned mosque and the larger, "collective" mosque ,...
 in Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
 built 1889 in Woking
Woking

Woking is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding Non-metropolitan district, located in the west of Surrey, England....
, 30 miles southwest from London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in the Oriental Road.

Construction

The Shah Jahan Mosque was built in 1889 as one of the first mosques in westeurope from the orientalist Dr. Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner in Bath and Bargate stone in indo-saracenic stile commissioned by Shah Jahan
Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal

Sultan Shahjahan Begum, Order of the Star of India, Order of the Crown of India, Kaiser-i-Hind was the Begum of Bhopal for two times: 1844-60, and secondly during 1868-1901....
, Begum
Begum of Bhopal

The term Begum of Bhopal may refer to any of several ladies who ruled the princely state of Bhopal in Central India in the 19th and 20th centuries....
 of Bhopal (1868-1901), and maintained since then as a Waqf
Waqf

A waqf is an inalienable religious endowment in Islam, typically denoting a building or plot of land for Muslim religious or Charitable trust. It is conceptually similar to the common law trust law....
. Shah Jahan Begum
Begum

Begum, Beg?m or Baigum is a Turkic languages title given to female family members of a Baig or 'Beg', a higher official. The term Begum is derived from the word Beg, and means a female member of the Beg's family....
 was one of the four female Muslim rulers of Bhopal who reigned between 1819 and 1926.

Shah Jahan Begum made sizable donations towards the building of the mosque und also contributed generously towards the founding of the “Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College” at Aligarh
Aligarh

Aligarh is a city in Aligarh District in the Northern India Indian States and territories of India of Uttar Pradesh. The city is located about 90 miles southeast of New Delhi....
, which developed into the Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Muslim University

Image:Maulana Azad Library.jpgBarrister Muhammad Jan Abbasi,Elite lawyer and khilafat movement leader*Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, First communication minister of independent India...
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A drawing of the Woking Mosque by the architect W. I. Chambers was published in “The Building News and Engineering Journal”, dated 2 August 1889, shortly before the Mosque was completed. It was opened to the public in October or November, 1889.

Ahmadiyya period

The mosque fell into disuse briefly between 1900 and 1912. 1913 Leitner's son was on the point of selling the mosque to a developer. The indian lawyer Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din
Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din

Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din , a lawyer by profession, was a member of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement and the author of numerous publications about Islam and the Ahmadiyya....
, just arrived in England, was inspired to establish an Islamic mission in the mosque. Khwaja took the case to court arguing that the mosque was consecrated ground and enjoyed the same rights and status as a church. He won and as a result was able to purchase the mosque and its grounds for a nominal sum from the inheritor. The Woking Muslim Mission
Woking Muslim Mission

The Woking Muslim Mission was founded in 1913 by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din at the Mosque in Woking, 30 miles southwest of London and was managed by members of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam ....
 was established.

Imam of the mosque was: Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din, Maulana Sadr-ud-Din
Sadr-ud-Din

Imam Maulana Sadr-ud-Din worked as first missionary of the islamic confession Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam in the Berlin Mosque in Berlin since 1922....
, Maulana Abdul Majid, H. E. Shaikh Hafiz Wahba, Mr. Marmaduke Pickthall, Maulana Muhammad Yakub Khan, Mr. William Bashyr Pickard, Maulana Mustafa Khan, Khwaja Nazir Ahmad, Maulana Aftab-ud-Din Ahmad, S. M. Abdullah, Maulana Muhammad Yahya Butt, Mr. Iqbal Ahmad, Mr. Ghulam Rabbani Khan, Maulana Sheikh Muhammad Tufail. ;
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Today

On Prime TV, it was claimed that Shah Jahan mosque was taken over by a sunni sect and made into an Islamic learning centre.

Imam of the mosque is mufti
Mufti

A mufti is an Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law . A muftiat or diyanet is a council of muftis....
 Liaquat Ali Amod. It is a Grade II* listed building
Listed building

A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance....
.

See also

  • 2 Glynrhondda Street
    2 Glynrhondda Street

    2 Glynrhondda Street in Cathays, Cardiff is accepted as the first Muslim mosque in the United Kingdom.The masjid was founded by Yemen sailors on their trips between Aden and Cardiff Docks, and recorded by the Register of Religious Sites , as a registered place of worship from 1860....
     in Cathays, Cardiff was the first registered mosque in the UK in 1860
  • Woking Muslim Mission
    Woking Muslim Mission

    The Woking Muslim Mission was founded in 1913 by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din at the Mosque in Woking, 30 miles southwest of London and was managed by members of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam ....
  • Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam
  • Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din
    Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din

    Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din , a lawyer by profession, was a member of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement and the author of numerous publications about Islam and the Ahmadiyya....
  • Muslim Burial Ground, Horsell Common
    Muslim Burial Ground, Horsell Common

    The Muslim Burial Ground, Horsell Common was the original resting place of two dozen Muslim soldiers who died during World War I and World War II....


External links

  • Website:
  • AAIIL:
  • BBC: (Photo of the Mosque in the 1900s)