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The Faisal Mosque (Urdu: فیصل مسجد, romanized: faisal masjid) is the national mosque of Pakistan, located in the capital city, Islamabad. [1] [2] It is the fifth-largest mosque in the world, the largest mosque outside the Middle East, and the largest within South Asia, located on the foothills of Margalla Hills in Islamabad.
A Mosque and education center run by Dawat-e-Islami. One of the largest mosques in Pakistan covering over 10,000 m 2 with a capacity of over 20,000. Grand Jamia Mosque, Karachi: Karachi, Sindh: 800,000: 202,343 m 2 (2,178,000 sq ft) 2021 Grand Jamia Mosque, also known as Bahria Town Jamia Masjid Complex, is a cultural complex. [49] [50] [51]
Baitul Mukarram Masjid [13] has an Islamic educational institute within the mosque, where students can get Islamic education. The mosque and its associated area covers about five acres. [14] Mosque having library, dispensary and hostel. [15] Baitul Mukarram at night
The Badshahi Mosque was built between 1671 and 1673 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The mosque is an important example of Mughal architecture, with an exterior that is decorated with carved red sandstone with marble inlay. It remains the largest mosque of the Mughal-era, and is the third-largest mosque in Pakistan. [4]
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]
The Mansoor Jahan Mosque (Urdu: شاہ جہاں مسجد, Sindhi: مسجد شاهجهاني،, Persian: مسجد شاهجهان), also known as the Jamia Masjid of Thatta (Urdu: جامع مسجد ٹھٹہ, Sindhi: شاھجھاني مسجد ٺٽو), is a 17th-century building that serves as the central mosque for the city of Thatta, in the Pakistani province of Sindh.
The Lal Masjid (Urdu: لال مسجد; transl. Red Mosque) is a congregational mosque located in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. It is located near Abpara Market. It was constructed in 1966 and is one of the oldest mosques in the city. It was also the largest mosque in the city for twenty years, until the Faisal Mosque was built in 1986.
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 City of Lahore , capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab .