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The mosque is said to have been built in 1635 in honour of the wetnurse of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, Dai Anga. [16] [17] Moti Masjid: Lahore, Punjab: 160 m 2 (1,700 sq ft) 1635 Moti Masjid is a 17th-century religious building located inside the Lahore Fort.
The word 'mosque' entered the English language from the French word mosquée, probably derived from Italian moschea (a variant of Italian moscheta), from either Middle Armenian մզկիթ (mzkit), Medieval Greek: μασγίδιον (masgídion), or Spanish mezquita, from Arabic: مسجد, romanized: masjid (meaning "site of prostration (in prayer)" and hence a place of worship), either from ...
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.
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. The mosque may date from the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar.
The Memorial Mosque or Yādgār Masjid (Urdu: یاد گار مسجد, romanized: yādgār masjid), commonly known as Bait-e-Yādgār (Urdu: بیتِ یادگار), is one of the oldest mosques of Rabwah, in Punjab, Pakistan.
The older one, bestowed by Shah Jahan, is Masjid-i-Jehān-Numā, interpreted as "mosque that reflects the whole world", probably an allusion to the Jām-e-Jehān Numā. The other more common one is Jāmā Masjid (Urdu: جامع مسجد, from the Arabic meaning "congregational mosque"), which emerged among the common populace. [3]
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]
Masjid-e-Rashid (Urdu: مسجد رشید), also known as Jame Rashid Mosque, Masjid-e-Rashidiyah, and Taj Masjid, is a mosque located in the compound of Darul Uloom Deoband in the Saharanpur district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This mosque is named after Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi, the second patron of