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Hazrat Nawab Sarfaraz Khan Sahid Masjid




Hazrat Nawab Sarfaraz Khan Sahid Masjid, dating back more than 330 years, is situated in Biloli in Nanded District in Maharashtra. The Masjid is built in stone. Sarfaraz Khan was an army officer of Aurangzeb. Four minarets were there on the southern side, which collapsed when a lightning struck it in 1960. The minaret in the north has eight chains and beneath the chains there is a figure in the shape of a bell. In the north-west corner of the masjid is a barrow (a well square in shape).



Updated on 16th December, 2005
Location: Nanded    

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