[1] The mosque is located within the Gulbarga Fort complex, in Kalaburagi.

In 2014, UNESCO placed the building on its "tentative list" to become a World Heritage Site, under the name Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate.

[a][2] The mosque was built in 1367 by Bahmani Sultan Mohammed Shah I to commemorate the establishment of the capital in Gulbarga following the defeat Kapaya Nayaka of Warangal.

The mosque was designed by a Persian architect, Rafi, and built within the Kalaburagi Fort complex.

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