Jama Masjid

Jama Masjid (also spelled Jame Mosque, Jami Masjid, Jameh Mosque, Jamia Masjid or Jomeh Mosque) refers to the main mosque of a town, city or village, and is usually the place of gathering for Eid prayers and Friday prayers. These are sometimes called Congregational mosques or Friday mosques. Many places come to be known as a Jama Masjid as a proper name. These structures are listed below.

Language and etymology

The term Jama Masjid means “Mosque of Assembly” or “Congregational Mosque” and comes from Arabic, Arabic: مسجد الجمعة ‎‎. Although the word "Jama" means assembly or congregation, it has been conflated with the word for Friday, the primary day of worship in Islam, and hence, originally incorrectly, but still sometimes these are called Friday Mosques, after the Jumu'ah or weekly Friday noon congregation prayers of Muslims.

In Persian, the term is Persian: مسجد جامع‎‎ masjed(-e) jāme. Jameh (جامع) stems from the root word jám (جمع) meaning "gathering", as opposed to Jom'ah (جمعه) meaning "Friday".

List of Mosques of Assembly

Afghanistan

• Jama Masjid of Balkh – ruins, located in Balkh, Afghanistan
• Jama Masjid of Herat, of Ghurid, Timurid and modern construction in Herat

Pakistan

• Juma Mosque goal market – Located in Karachi
• Juma Mosque Badshahi – Located in Lahore

Azerbaijan

• Juma Mosque (Baku), Baku
• Juma Mosque of Shamakhi – Located in Shamakhi
• Juma Mosque of Ganja (Shah Abbas) – Located in Ganja
• Juma Mosque of Nakhchivan - Located in Nakhchivan
• Juma Mosque in Ordubad - Located in Ordubad

Bangladesh

• Munshibari Jama Masjid, Taltoli, Comilla

Canada

• Jami Mosque, High Park, Toronto

China

• Jamia Mosque (Hong Kong), an Islamic mosque in Hong Kong

England

• Jami Masjid and Islamic Centre Birmingham, West Midlands
• North Manchester Jamia Mosque
• Jamea Masjid, Preston, Lancashire
• Jaame Masjid (Blackburn), Lancashire

India

• Cheraman Juma Masjid in Kodungallur, Kerala
• Jama Masjid, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
• Jama Masjid, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
• Jama Masjid, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• Jama Masjid, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
• Jama Masjid, Bijapur, Karnataka
• Jama Masjid, Champaner, Gujarat
• Jama Masjid Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
• Jama Masjid, Delhi, Old Delhi National Capital Region
• Jama Masjid, Erandol, Maharashtra
• Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
• Jama Mosque, Furus, Furus, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra
• Jama Masjid Gulbarga, Karnataka
• Jama Masjid, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
• Jame Masjid, Jamui, Jamui district, Bihar
• Jama Masjid, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
• Jama Masjid, Mandu, Madhya Pradesh
• Jama Masjid, Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Jama Masjid, Nagpur, Maharashtrah
• Juma Masjid, Pullancheri, Pullancheri, Kerala
• Jamia Masjid, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
• Palayam Juma Masjid, Trivandrum, Kerala
• Shia Jama Masjid, Delhi, National Capital Region
• Thazhathangady Juma Masjid in Thazhathangady, a "heritage zone" of Kerala
• Jama Masjid, Ludhiana, Punjab
• Jama Masjid, Dangoh Una, Daulatpur Himachal Pradesh
• Jama Masjid, Hasanpur, Amroha Uttar Pradesh
• Jama Masjid, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
• Jama Masjid, Chalakpur Saharanpur Uttar Pradesh
• Masjid Badal Khan, Hasanpur, Amroha Uttar Pradesh
• Jama Masjid, Nahan Himachal Pradesh,
• Jama masjid , Budaun Uttar Pradesh

Iran

• Jameh Mosque of Ardestan
• Jameh Mosque of Ashtarjan
• Jameh Mosque of Borujerd
• Jameh Mosque of Ferdows
• Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
• Jameh Mosque of Nain
• Jameh Mosque of Nishapur, Nishapur, Khorasan Province
• Jame Mosque of Qazvin
• Jameh Mosque of Saveh
• Jameh Mosque of Tabriz
• Jameh Mosque of Varamin
• Jame mosque of Yazd
• Jameh Mosque of Zanjan

Kenya

• Jamia Mosque (Kenya), an Islamic mosque in Kenya

Malaysia

• Masjid Jamek – Located in the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Pakistan

• Jamia Mosque (Khudabad), a mosque in Sindh province, Pakistan
• Jamia Masjid Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan

Mauritania

• Friday Mosque of Nouakchott, Nouakchott

Maldives

• Male' Hukuru Miskyii, in the capital Male'

Mali

• Great Mosque of Djenné, Djenné

Tanzania

• Great Mosque of Kilwa, island of Kilwa Kisiwani

Ukraine

• Ahat Jami Mosque, Donetsk, Donetsk
• Juma-Jami Mosque, Yevpatoria, Yevpatoria

Uzbekistan

• Djuma Mosque (Khiva) (Russian: Джума мечеть) – located in Khiva
• Dzhuma Mosque, Tashkent (Russian: Джума мечеть) – located in Tashkent

See also

• Salat, formal worship in Islam
• Bibi Ka Maqbara also known as Mini-Tajmahal
• List of mosques
• List of mosques in Europe
• List of mosques in Iran

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