{{Short description|Mosque in Patna, Bihar, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox religious building | building_name = Pathar Ki Masjid | image = | image_size = 275px | caption = | map_type = | map_size = | map_caption = | location = Patna, Magadh, Bihar | country = India | geo = | religious_affiliation = Islam | rite = | consecration_year = | status = Mosque | functional_status = Active | heritage_designation = | leadership = | website = | architect = | architecture_type = {{nowrap|Medieval mosque}} | architecture_style = Indo-Islamic | general_contractor = | facade_direction = | groundbreaking = | year_completed = 1621 | construction_cost = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | materials = Stone | nrhp = | added = | refnum = | designated = }}

The '''Pathar Ki Masjid''' stands on the bank of river Ganges near the Takht Shri Harmandir Saheb in the city of Patna.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bstdc.bih.nic.in/Patna.htm|title= Destinations :: Patna|access-date= 23 June 2012|archive-date= 18 September 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140918091228/http://bstdc.bih.nic.in/patna.htm|url-status= dead}}</ref> Parviz Mirza, son of Jahangir, established Pathar Ki Masjid in 1621.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://patna.bih.nic.in/html/patharkimasjid.htm |title=Pathar ki Masjid |access-date=2008-09-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410055428/http://patna.bih.nic.in/html/patharkimasjid.htm |archive-date=10 April 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The structure is built of stone, and so it got its name as Pathar Ki Masjid. It is located on Ashok Rajpath between Sultanganj and Alamganj.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-08 |title=इंडो-इस्लामिक कला का नमूना पत्थर की मस्जिद |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/BIH-PAT-HMU-MAT-latest-patna-news-021502-330961-NOR.html |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi}}</ref>

Pathar Ki Masjid is very popular among the local Islamic community. Apart from religious functions, this old mosque is a major landmark of the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tsiindia.com/east-india/pathar-ki-masjid-bihar.html |title=Architecture admiration tour to Pathar ki Masjid or Saif Khan?s mosque in Bihar |website=www.tsiindia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121092938/http://www.tsiindia.com/east-india/pathar-ki-masjid-bihar.html |archive-date=2008-11-21}} </ref>

Pathar Ki Masjid is also called Saif Khan's mosque, Chimmi Ghat mosque, and Sangi Masjid.

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