History of Sidi Saiyyed Mosque Ahmedabad Gujarat - Gujarat places

history of Sidi Saiyed Mosque 

history of Sidi Saiyed Mosque

The exemplary strict site was worked by Siddi Sayyid in 1572 with the assistance of 45 talented craftsmans. Sidi Saiyyed was one of the devotees of general multitude of the last Sultan Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah III of the Gujarat Sultanate. 

A marble tablet found inside the premises of the mosque expresses that it was worked by Sidi Sayed during the last year of the Gujarat Sultanate before the Mughals from Delhi crushed them and assumed control over the city. 

Legends express that Siddi Sayyid was a sort hearted man who showed up in the country from Yemen and held a few books and worked under the standard of Sultan Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud III. 

After the foundation of the mosque the city was attacked by Mughal sovereign Akbar. Britishers utilized the consecrated intricate as an administration office. At present it is all around kept up with by Archeological Survey of India (ASI).