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This is a list of mosques in the city of Lahore, Pakistan. This city has remained capital of Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire at various times, thus hosting multiple mosques from that era. Pre Mughal Mosques
The Oonchi Mosque, or Oonchi Masjid (Punjabi, Urdu: اونچی مسجد, lit. 'High Mosque') is a Mughal-era mosque located along the Hakiman Bazaar, near the Bhati Gate which leads into the Walled City of Lahore, in Pakistan.
Suhur, sahur, or suhoor (UK: / s ə ˈ h ɜːr /; [1] Arabic: سحور, romanized: suḥūr, lit. 'of the dawn', 'pre-dawn meal'), also called sahari, sahri, or sehri (Persian: سحری) is the meal consumed early in the morning by Muslims before fasting (), before dawn during or outside the Islamic month of Ramadan. [2]
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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 architect of the mosque was Nawab Bukhari Khan, deputy governor of Lahore during the reign of Muhammad Shah. [1] Local shopkeeper had objected to the construction of a large mosque in a congested area, so Bukhari Khan acquired a fatwa from local religious leaders in order for construction to begin.
Aerial view of the Wazir Khan Mosque. The Shahi Guzargah is seen along its southern side.. The mosque is located in the Walled City of Lahore along the southern side of Lahore's Shahi Guzargah, or "Royal Road," which was the traditional route traversed by Mughal nobles on their way to royal residences at the Lahore Fort. [7]
Sunehri Mosque, Lahore; W. Wazir Khan Mosque This page was last edited on 11 May 2019, at 06:29 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...