Indo Islamic Heritage
Masjid Sikandar Jahan Begum (Maqbare Wali Masjid) in Aish Bagh, Bhopal, is conveniently located near major transport hubs. The nearest railway station is Bhopal Junction, about 2 km away, making it easily accessible by local transport. The closest bus stop is the Nadra Bus Stand, also around 2 km from the mosque, serving both local and intercity routes. For air travel, the nearest airport is Raja Bhoj Airport, Bhopal, situated roughly 11–12 km away, providing domestic connectivity to major Indian cities.
Masjid Sikandar Jahan Begum — locally known as the “Maqbare Wali Masjid” — is a nineteenth-century mosque in the Aish Bagh / Vidhisa Road area of Bhopal named for Nawab Sikandar Jahan Begum, one of the powerful Begums of Bhopal who patronized several civic and religious buildings in the city. The mosque serves both as a neighborhood place of worship and as a historical reminder of the Begums’ era of architectural patronage and reform; Sikandar Jahan (reigned mid-1800s) commissioned or supported notable mosque projects in Bhopal (for example the well-known Moti Masjid) and her name remains attached to smaller local mosques and tomb-sites around Farhat Afza / Aish Bagh. The site at Junier MIG Duplex, 226 Vidhisa Rd, Jaganath Colony (Aish Bagh) is recorded in local listings and visitor guides as Masjid Sikandar Jahan Begum (Maqbare Wali Masjid), and today it functions as an active neighborhood mosque while also being associated in local memory with the Begum’s nineteenth-century legacy.
Year of Built: 19th Century
Address: Junier MIG Duplex, 226, Vidhisa Rd, Jaganath Colony, Housing Board Colony, Aish Bagh, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462010
Country: India
State: Madhya Pradesh
District: Bhopal
Pincode: 462010
Longitude: 77.3875° E
Latitude: 23.2545° N