{
 "id": "building/babri-masjid",
 "class": "building",
 "slug": "babri-masjid",
 "label": {
  "ar": "مسجد بابري",
  "en": "Babri Masjid",
  "ur": "بابری مسجد"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "مسجد بابري في أيودهيا بالهند، بني في العصر المغولي وهُدم سنة 1992م؛ موضوع نزاع تاريخي وقانوني كبير توثقه الدراسة الوثائقية {cite:noorani-babri-2003}.",
  "en": "The Babri Masjid of Ayodhya, India, built in the Mughal era and demolished in 1992; subject of a major historical and legal dispute documented in scholarly compilations {cite:noorani-babri-2003}."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "objects"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "south-asia"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/gunpowder-empires",
  "period/modern-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "architecture",
  "muslim-minorities-under-non-muslim-rule"
 ],
 "data": {
  "kind": "mosque",
  "external_ids": {
   "wikidata": "Q656765"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/noorani-babri-2003"
  ],
  "perspectives": [
   {
    "tradition": "sunni",
    "id": "muslim-waqf",
    "stance": {
     "ar": "مسجد وقفي بني في عهد بابر وبقي محل نزاع حتى هدمه سنة 1992م",
     "en": "A Mughal-era waqf mosque built under Babur that stood until its 1992 demolition"
    },
    "summary": {
     "en": "Muslim accounts, as documented in the dispute's records, describe a functioning waqf mosque built in the Mughal era (traditionally dated 1528) that stood until demolished in December 1992 {cite:noorani-babri-2003}."
    },
    "sources": [
     "source/noorani-babri-2003"
    ]
   },
   {
    "tradition": "academic",
    "id": "academic-record",
    "stance": {
     "en": "A disputed site whose claims are weighed through documents, archaeology and litigation"
    },
    "summary": {
     "en": "Scholarship treats the Ayodhya dispute through the documentary record — inscriptions, court proceedings and excavation reports — rather than accepting either claim at face value {cite:noorani-babri-2003}."
    },
    "sources": [
     "source/noorani-babri-2003"
    ]
   },
   {
    "tradition": "other",
    "id": "hindu-claim",
    "stance": {
     "en": "The site revered as Rama's birthplace (Ramjanmabhoomi), for which the mosque was replaced"
    },
    "summary": {
     "en": "The Hindu claim holds the site to be the birthplace of Rama and the mosque to have replaced a demolished temple — the claim at the centre of the 1992 demolition and subsequent litigation {cite:noorani-babri-2003}."
    },
    "sources": [
     "source/noorani-babri-2003"
    ]
   }
  ],
  "sensitivity": "contested",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "wikidata-import deferred Q656765; contested: documentary academic source (Noorani), no SD source",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium)",
   "run": "wd-deferred-10"
  },
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium)"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "مسجد بابري في أيودهيا بالهند، بني في العصر المغولي (يُروى سنة 1528م) وهُدم في ديسمبر 1992م؛ موضوع النزاع التاريخي والقانوني المعروف {cite:noorani-babri-2003}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "الآراء",
     "markdown": "- **الرواية الإسلامية:** مسجد وقفي عامر بني في عهد بابر وظل قائما حتى هدمه سنة 1992م {cite:noorani-babri-2003}.\n- **البحث الأكاديمي:** تُوزن دعاوى الموقع بالوثائق والتنقيب والتقاضي لا بقبول أي رواية مطلقة {cite:noorani-babri-2003}.\n- **الدعوى الهندوسية:** الموقع عندهم موضع مولد راما (رام جنم بهومي) أُقيم المسجد مكان معبده {cite:noorani-babri-2003}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "building/babri-masjid",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "The Babri Masjid of Ayodhya, built in the Mughal era (traditionally dated 1528) and demolished in December 1992; subject of a documented historical and legal dispute {cite:noorani-babri-2003}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "Perspectives",
     "markdown": "- **Muslim account:** a functioning waqf mosque built under Babur that stood until its 1992 demolition {cite:noorani-babri-2003}.\n- **Academic:** the site's claims are weighed through documents, excavation reports and litigation rather than any narrative taken at face value {cite:noorani-babri-2003}.\n- **Hindu claim:** the site is revered as Rama's birthplace (Ramjanmabhoomi), the mosque standing where a temple had been {cite:noorani-babri-2003}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "building/babri-masjid",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Devin (SWE-2 Medium), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "بھارت کے شہر ایودھیا کی بابری مسجد، مغلیہ دور میں تعمیر شدہ (روایتی طور پر 1528ء) جو دسمبر 1992ء میں مسمار کی گئی؛ دستاویزی تاریخی و قانونی تنازع کا موضوع {cite:noorani-babri-2003}۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "نقطہ ہائے نظر",
     "markdown": "- **مسلم روایت:** بابر کے عہد میں بنائی گئی ایک عامر وقف مسجد جو 1992ء کی مسماری تک قائم رہی {cite:noorani-babri-2003}۔\n- **علمی نقطہ نظر:** مقام کے دعوے دستاویزات، آثارِ قدیمہ رپورٹس اور قضائی کارروائی کے ذریعے تولے جاتے ہیں، نہ کہ کسی روایت کو مسلم مانا جائے {cite:noorani-babri-2003}۔\n- **ہندو دعویٰ:** مقام رام کی جائے پیدائش (رام جنم بھومی) کے طور پر معزز ہے، مسجد مندر کی جگہ بنائی گئی تھی {cite:noorani-babri-2003}۔"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "building/babri-masjid",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Devin (SWE-2 Medium), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  }
 },
 "degree": 0,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-22",
 "connections": [],
 "related": [
  "building/abu-dulaf-mosque-samarra",
  "building/adana-great-mosque",
  "building/ahi-celebi-mosque",
  "building/al-aqmar-mosque",
  "building/al-attarine-madrasa",
  "building/al-jami-al-kabir-samarra",
  "building/al-janad-mosque",
  "building/al-mansur-mosque-marrakesh"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}