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Wazir Khan Mosque. The Wazir Khan Mosque (Punjabi: وزیر خاں مسیت, romanized: Wazīr Kh ã Masīt; Persian, Urdu: مسجد وزیر خان, romanized: Masjid Wazīr Kh ān) is a 17th-century Mughal masjid located in the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The mosque was commissioned during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a ...
226 ft 4.5 in (68.999 m) Materials. Red sandstone, marble. The Badshahi Mosque (Punjabi: بادشاہی مسیت, romanized: Bādshā’ī Masīt; Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد, romanized: Bādshāhī Masjid) is a Mughal-era imperial mosque located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [1][2] It was constructed between 1671 and 1673 during the rule of ...
The mosque features Lahore's first five-bay prayer chamber that would later be typical of all later Mughal mosques such as the Wazir Khan Mosque and Badshahi Mosque. The mosque's central bay is in the style of the Persian Char Taq, and is flanked by one smaller dome on either side. [28] The mosque originally had 3 gateways, of which 2 survive. [11]
Neevin Mosque. The Neevin Mosque, or Neevin Masjid (Punjabi: نیویں مسیت, romanized: Nīvī̃ Masīt, lit. 'The low [lying] mosque'), is a 15th-century mosque built during the Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. It is located in the ancient Walled City of Lahore, in Pakistan 's Punjab province. It is notable for its foundation 25 feet ...
Sunehri Mosque, Lahore. The mosque's interior is ornately embellished with Mughal-era frescoes. The Sunehri Mosque (Punjabi: سنہری مسیت, romanized: Sunahirī Masīt; Urdu: سنہری مسجد , romanized: Sunehrī Masjid, lit. 'The Golden Mosque'), also known as the Talai Mosque, is a late Mughal architecture -era mosque in the Walled ...
The Fajr prayer (Arabic: صَلَاةُ الْفَجْر, romanized: Ṣalāt al-Fajr) is the salah (daily Islamic prayer) offered in the early morning. Consisting of two rak'a, it is performed between the break of dawn and sunrise. It is one of two prayers mentioned by name in the Quran. [1][2] Due to its timing, Islamic belief holds the Fajr ...
The short prayer can only be said between noon and sunset, while the medium prayer must be said three times during the day: once between sunrise and noon, once between noon and sunset, and once in the two hours following sunset. [51] The long prayer is not bound by a fixed prayer time. The text of these prayers is taken from the writings of the ...
Moti Mosque. Wazir Khan Mosque. Begum Shahi Mosque, 1614 CE [1] Dai Anga Mosque, 1635 CE. Moti Mosque, 1635 CE. Wazir Khan Mosque, 1642 CE. Badshahi Mosque, 1673 CE. Suneri Mosque, 1753 CE. Shaheed Ganj Mosque, 1753 CE.