Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque, or more correctly, Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque and Tomb, also known as Vatva Dargah is a former Sufi mosque and dargah complex in the Vatva area of Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India. The structure is a Monument of National Importance.
Abà « Muḥammad ÿabd AllÃÂh b. NÃÂá¹£ir al-dën Maḥmà «d (or Muḥammad) b. DòjòalÃÂl al-dën Makòhòdà «m-i DòjòahÃÂniyÃÂn aka Ḳuá¹Âb-i ÿÃÂlam aka TòhòÃÂnë-i Makòhòdà «m-i DòjòahÃÂniyÃÂn (MaÿÃÂridòjò) was a Suhrawardë saint and founder of the BukòhòÃÂriyya Sayyids of GudòjòarÃÂt. He was the grandson of DòjòalÃÂl al-dën Makòhòdà «m-i DòjòahÃÂniyÃÂn and was born in 1388 in Uchch. According to the MirþÃÂt-i Aḥmadë he became an orphan at the age of ten and was raised by his granduncle SòhòÃÂh RÃÂdòjÃ²à « ḲattÃÂl who sent him to GudòjòarÃÂt. In GudòjòarÃÂt he was welcomed by his grandfather's disciple Sulá¹ÂÃÂn MuáºÂaffar SòhòÃÂh I. He studied under MawlÃÂnàÿAlësòhòër GudòjòarÃÂtë, and after the founding of AḥmadÃÂbÃÂd he first settled in AsÃÂual and then at Baá¹ÂvÃÂ. He received a Ḵhòirḳa from Sòhòaykòhò Aḥmad-i KâÂÂhattà «. His most notable disciple was his son SòhòÃÂh ÿÃÂlam.
The nobles of the courts of Ahmed Shah, Sultan Qutubuddin Ahmad Shah II raised a small shrine first. Afterwards a mosque, a tomb to one of his sons, a large many-sided pond, and a vast mausoleum was built Mahmud Begada. The mosque and son's tomb are in the flat Hindu temple style, without arches or minarets. But in the large mausoleum, with a great gain in size, the arch takes the place of the beam, and the dome is raised high in air by a second tier of arches. The arch, uniformly used with one consistent design, has much beauty and propriety. The tomb is of the most elaborate workmanship surmounted by a richly inlaid canopy. But although the building is incomplete, it wants the outer aisles and has no stone trellis work in its windows.