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Monuments
Sidi Saiyyed mosque is one of the most famous mosque in Ahmedabad, It is popularly also known as Sidi Saiyyed Mosque. It was built by Sidi Saiyyed in the presence of Bilal Jhajar Khan (General in the last army of sultan Shams-Ud-Din Muzaffar Shah III) in 1572 AD. The whole mosque was built accurately and is also famous for its wonderful carved ten stones, latticework on windows on the side and rear arches. It is said that when the mosque was built, there were around 45 craftsmen having extraordinary talents and workmanship. After that the mosque become a popular tourist spot for its Architectural finesse and for its ornate Jali work. The two bays flanking the central aisle have richly carved stone slabs which shows a network designs of a palm motif, foliage and intertwined trees. The lattice window carved out of stone which is also a logo of Indian Institute of Management(IIM), an Indo-Islamic artwork was popularly known as Sidi Saiyyed Mosque. The central window arch of the mosque is also blocked with stone and not with intricate stone Jali and it is also known that the builder was not able to complete the construction according to the plans before the Mughals invaded Gujarat.