Bareilly Sharif Dargah

Bareilly Sharif Dargah
Bareilly Sharif Dargah
Religion
AffiliationIslam
DistrictBareilly district
ProvinceUttar Pradesh
OwnershipIndividual
LeadershipAhsan Raza Khan (Sajjada nashin)
Location
LocationBareilly
CountryIndia India
Bareilly Sharif Dargah is located in Uttar Pradesh
Bareilly Sharif Dargah
Shown within Uttar Pradesh
Bareilly Sharif Dargah is located in India
Bareilly Sharif Dargah
Bareilly Sharif Dargah (India)
Geographic coordinates28°21′43″N 79°24′31″E / 28.361847°N 79.408572°E / 28.361847; 79.408572
Architecture
Architect(s)Shah Mahmood Jaan Qadri
TypeDargah
StyleModern
Date established1921
Completed1921
Specifications
Direction of façadeWest
Dome(s)1
Minaret(s)4
Shrine(s)13
Website
aalahazrat.org

Bareilly Sharif Dargah is a Dargah (shrine) or mausoleum of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, a 19th-century islamic scholar and polymath, who is known for his staunch opposition of the Wahhabism movement in India. It is located in Bareilly district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1]

The Dome of the Dargah was designed by Shah Mehmood Jaan Qadri with the use of Matchsticks.[2]

  1. ^ Dargah e Ala-Hazrat, Bareilly Archived 7 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine nativeplanet.com
  2. ^ "Hadrat Allama Mawlana al-Haaj Shah Mehmood Jaan Khan Qadiri Barakaati Ridawi Jamjodhpuri Peshawari". Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.