The Jamia Masjid (Kashmiri: بٔڑ مٔشیٖد) is a Friday mosque, located at Nowhatta in the Old City of Srinagar, in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

[5] For 21 years,[5] the mosque faced closure under the Sikh empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh beginning in 1819 CE, when the-then Governor of Srinagar, Moti Ram, put curbs on offering prayers in Jamia Masjid.

[5] During the 1931 Kashmir agitation, muslim rioters were taken to Jamia Masjid after the Dogra police opened fire and 22 of them were killed with hundreds injured.

[5] According to historian Mohammad Ishaq Khan, “Jamia Masjid has primarily played a significant part in imparting religious education.

However, with the spread of modern education among Kashmiri Muslims, thanks to the efforts of Mirwaiz Ghulam Rasul Shah, the Masjid began to play a seminal role in the growth of political consciousness.

The decision of the state government to prevent people from offering Friday prayers for weeks led to massive outrage,[8] and was seen as an attempt to choke the rebellion whose epicentre was the areas of the old city, particularly around Jamia Masjid.

The incident became highly publicised and provoked condemnation from a wide range of organisations and public figures, including the mosque's Mirwaiz and the chief minister of the state.

[20][21][22] After the revocation of the erstwhile state's special status, and its bifurcation into two union territories, on 5 August 2019, including the rise of COVID-19 pandemic in Kashmir, the government imposed restrictions on prayers for 136 days.

All of the turrets are interconnected by spacious halls, with bright yellow poppies lining the mossy brick paths and the entire structure is surrounded by wide lanes on all four sides and has a square garden in the middle.

There are three big entrance gates on north, south and eastern sides of the mosque confronting three turrets standing on lofty columns of deodar wood.

[28] The eastern side has a large entrance called the Shah Gate which is covered with a pyramidal roof surmounted by a square open pavilion (brangh) with a spire on top.

[28][29] The western wall of the cloister has a mihrab made of black Kashmiri marble which is adorned with calligraphic work and has the ninety-nine attributes of Allah engraved on it.