• ARCHITECTURAL APPRECIATION

SUBMITTED BY:

• MAHIMA N . BHORE
• CLASS : 3RD YEAR SEC (A)
 Makkah masjid

• MECCA MASJID IN HYDERABAD IS ONE OF THE

OLDEST AND LARGEST MOSQUES IN THE CITY
• IT WAS BUILT IN 1614 THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF
BY MUHAMMAD QULI QUTUB SHAH THE
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE IN THE YEAR 1694.

HISTORY OF MAKKAH MAJID

• THE GRAND ARCHITECTURE OF THE MAKKAH
MASJID WAS BUILT DURING THE REIGON OF
MUHAMMAD QULI QUTB SHAH
• HE LAID DOWN THE FIRST STONE OF THE EDIFICE
HIMSELF IN THE YEAR 1614, FOLLOWING WHICH
ABOUT 8,000 WORKERS TOILED CEASELESSLY FOR
77 YEARS TO COMPLETE THIS SPLENDID
ARCHITECTURE.

Inspiration for Makkah masjid

Inspired by the Golconda fort and the

near by Charminar
• ARCHITECTURE OF MAKKAH MASJID

• THE ARCHITECTURE OF MECCA MASJID IS AS MASSIVE AS IT DETAILED IN

DESIGN.
• A GRAND GATEWAY TO THE ENTRANCE WITH WATER FOUNTAIN. A VAST POND OF
WATER IS SITUATED IN RIGHT SIDE .

• THE MAIN PRAYER HALL OF THE MAKKAH MASJID

IS 75 FEET HIGH AND 180 FEET LONG WITH A
CAPACITY OF 10,000 PEOPLE.

• A WALL RISES ON THE FOURTH SIDE TO

PROVIDE MIHRAB
• THE MOSQUE IS AN ARCHED GALLERY WITH
SMALL DOME AND A SPIRE .
• MECCA MASJID IS
BUILT IN GRANITE
AND THE BRICKS
FOR
CONSTRUCTION
 • THE COLUMNS OF THE MAKKAH MASJID ARE
OCTAGONAL IN SHAPE AND GIVE WAY TO
ARCHED BALCONIES AT THE SAME LEVEL AS
THE ROOF OF THE MOSQUE ITSELF.
• THE COLUMNS THEMSELVES RISE MUCH
HIGHER AND END IN THE SHAPE OF A SPIRED
DOME. INSIDE THE DOME LIES FIVE PATHWAYS
TO THE TOMBS OF THE ASAF JAHI DYNASTY.

• THESE ARCHES ACT AS A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR

THREE WALLS OF THE STRUCTURE, SUCH THAT
FIVE ARCHES SUPPORT EACH OF THE WALLS.