Dariapur is an area located in Ahmedabad, India.[1] Situated in Central Ahmedabad, Daripur is famous for housing some of the important tourist destinations in Ahmedabad. Among them are Qutab Shah Mosque and Rani Sipri's Mosque. Muhafizkhan's Mosque is another Muslim sanctum situated here. Dariyapur is a ward of Dariapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
Dariapur
Dariyapur | |
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Neighbourhood | |
Coordinates: 23°02′00″N 72°35′43″E / 23.033295°N 72.595398°E | |
Country | India |
State | Gujarat |
District | Ahmedabad |
Government | |
• Body | Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation |
Languages | |
• Official | Gujarati, Hindi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 380001 |
Telephone code | 91-079 |
Vehicle registration | GJ |
Lok Sabha constituency | Ahmedabad |
Civic agency | Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation |
Website | gujaratindia |
Daryāpūr was founded by Daryā Khān, a Gujarāti Muslim friend and amīr of Sult̤ān Maḥmūd Begarah. Daryā Khān also built the Gumbad-i-Kalān where he was buried.[2][3]
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- ^ Misra, S. C.; Rahman, M. L. (1961). The Mirat-i-Sikandiri: A History of Gujarat from the Inception of the Dynasty of the Sultans of Gujarat to the Conquest of Gujarat by Akbar of Shaikh Sikandar ibn Muhammad urf Manjhu ibn Akbar. The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. p. 94.
- ^ Bano, Ajaz (1988). Socio-Political Condition of Gujarat During the Fifteenth Century (PhD thesis). Aligarh Muslim University. p. 162.