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The mosque's ceiling is embellished with elegant red frescoes in geometrics and floral motifs. The mosque’s exterior was finished in white marble. The mosque's interior is decorated with Mughal frescoes. The prayer hall occupies the west side. The hall is flanked by two tall minarets, which are divided into three sections. [3]
Shah Jahan Mosque is a 17th-century building that serves as the central mosque for the city of Thatta, Sindh. It was built during the reign of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. [23] [13] [24] [25] Mohabbat Khan Mosque: Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 14,000: 2,800 m 2 (30,000 sq ft) 1670s Mohabbat Khan Mosque is a 17th-century Mughal-era mosque in ...
In the old city, located in inner-Peshawar, many historic monuments and bazaars exist in the 21st century, including the Mohabbat Khan Mosque, Kotla Mohsin Khan, Chowk Yadgar and the Qissa Khawani Bazaar. Due to the damage caused by rapid growth and development, the old walled city has been identified as an area that urgently requires ...
Tomb of Abu Muhammed Khan Kamboh, the Nawab of Meerut and a minister at the court of Aurangzeb, constructed in 1688. [1] Painting by T. C. Dibdin, c. 1850.. The Kamboh Nawabs of Meerut trace their ancestry from Shahbaz Khan Kamboh (c. 1529 –1599), a prominent Punjabi Muslim noble in the court of Akbar, through Nawab Mohabbat Khan Kamboh who is credited with the construction of Mohabbat Khan ...
The Khanqah-e-Moula Kashmiri: خانقاہِ معلیٰ), also known as Shah-e-Hamadan Masjid and Khanqah, is a Sunni mosque located in the Old City of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Situated on the right bank of the river Jhelum between the Fateh Kadal and Zaina Kadal bridges, it was built in 1395 CE , commissioned by Sultan Sikendar in ...
2012 - 15 December: Bacha Khan International Airport attack. 2013 21 June: Suicide bombing at Shia mosque in Gulshan Colony. 22 September: Double suicide bombing at a church. 29 September: Bombing at Qissa Khwani Bazaar. 2014 2 and 11 February: Cinema bombings. 16 December: School massacre. 2015 - 13 February: Mosque attack. 2016 - 16 March ...
The hypostyle mosque constructed by Muhammad in Medina served as a model for early mosque design throughout the Islamic world. [10] Umayyad religious architecture was the earliest expression of Islamic art on a grand scale [ 163 ] and the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus reproduced the hypostyle model at a monumental scale. [ 164 ]
Mahabat Khan (Urdu: مهابت خان) (full title Mahabat Khan Khan-e-Khanan Sipah-Salar Zamana Beg Kabuli), born Zamana Beg (died October 1634), was a prominent Mughal general and statesman, perhaps best known for his coup against the Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1626.