with some additions and alterations. During the time of Aurangzeb, when Moi-E- Muqqadas arrived in Kashmir in 1699, it was first kept in the Shrine of Naqashband Sahib in the heart of the city. Since the place was found to be insufficient in view of the unprecedented rush of people who thronged the place to have a view of Moi-E- Muqqadas, it was decided to shift to Hazratbal, then known as Sadiqabad. The construction of the present marble structure was started by the Muslim Auqaf Trust headed by Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah in 1968 and completed in 1979. The Moi-E-Muqaddas is displayed on various occasions related with the life of the Prophet and his four holy companions.
                                                                                                          

KHANQAH-E-MOLLA
The shrine of Shah-e-Hamdan or Khanqah-e-Molla is one of the oldest Muslim Shrines in Kashmir situated on the banks of the river Jhelum in the old city. The shrine was originally constructed by Sultan Sikandar(1389-1413 AD), in memory of Muslim preacher Mir Sayeed Ali Hamdani, who had earlier visited Kashmir and stayed here for meditation and preaching of Islam.
In 1480 AD; The shrine was gutted in a devastating fire in the vicinity and the then ruler Sultan Hassan Shah, purchased the adjacent land to expand its premises and reconstructed the shrine on the old edifice. The shrine was later demolished and reconstructed as a two storied structure in 1493 AD. In 1731 AD. the Khanqah was again destroyed in fire and was reconstructed by Abdul Barkat Khan. The shrine is revered and people throng daily to offer prayers and congregate in thousands on the death anniversary of the revered Mir Syeed Ali Hamdani falling on the 6th of Zilhaj, the last month of Muslim calendar. Mir Sayeed Ali Hamdani was the torch-bearer of Islam in Kash

                                                     
JAMIA MASJID
It is one of the oldest and most spacious of all mosques in Kashmir, situated in the heart of the city. It is also known as shah-e-Hamdan.It is situated on the bank of river Jehlum in old city. The foundation of the mosque, an architectural wonder, was laid by Sultan Sikander in 1389 AD. The master mason who supervised the construction, was requisitioned from Khurasan and the construction, was completed in 1402 AD, The mosque was destroyed many times in fire, the first during the period of Hassan Shah in 1479 AD. when according to Shrivara, a pall of gloom descended on the city. The king ordered reconstruction of the mosque. During the reign of Jahangir, the mosque was again gutted in a devastating fire that consumed about 12,000 houses in the city. Its reconstruction took 17 years.The Muslim Auqaf trust took the custody of of the mosque in 1947 and, subsequently, the birch-bark roof of the mosque was replaced by corrugated iron sheets. The area of the mosque is 384 ft x 381 ft. spacious enough for over thirty thousand people to offer prayers at a time.

                                                        

BADSHUHUN DUMMAT
The tomb of the mother of Sultan Zain-Ul-Abideen (1420-70) popularly known as Badshah or the Great King., is a splendid representative peice of Shahmiri architecture. The monument situated on the right bank of of the river Jhelum near Zaina Kadal, is considered the only one of its kind in and around Kashmir which compared to the wooden structures of the Shahmari period, is a wholly brick structure. The fifteenth century monument attracts many tourists, especially foreigners.                                             

Maqdoom Sahib Shrine

CHARAR-E-SHAREIF
The tomb of Sheikh Noor-Ud-Din Rishi , popularly known as Almadar-e-Kashmir (the flag bearer of Kashmir), is situated 28 kms in the south-west of Srinagar at Charar-e-Shareif. The land where the shrine is situated belonged to Sangram Dar, a disciple of Sheikh, who had constructed a mosque there. The Sheikh would offer his Friday prayers in the mosque. According to the legend after death of the Sheikh, his coffin, after flying some distance, descend on the ground at the site of the shrine where he constructed a Shrine on the burial site. The shrine was partly gutted during the period of the Chaks whereupon Yaqoob Chak ordered its repair.
                                                                                                          

Sheikh Noor-Ud-Din is one of the tallest Kashmiri saints and the originator of the Rishi order in Kashmir. The Sheikh was born in a village of Kaimoh (Kulgam) in the 14th century AD. His ancestors belonged to Kishtwar. His father got converted to Islam at the hands of a renound saint, Sayeed Hussain Simnani. Sheikh Noor-Ud-Din was not a worldly man. From his childhood he was pious soul who traveled throughout valley to spread the message obtained from his religion Islam. He meditated for twelve years in a cave. During his lifetime he became a legend and a popular religious figure. The Shrine along with the adjacent Khanqah, was gutted in a devastating fire in 1995 that converted the Charar-E-Sharif into a heap of rubble. A makeshift Shrine has been erected and the Muslim Auqaf trust has undertaken construction of the new Shrine.