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Badshahi Masjid
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Religion
Affiliation Islam
District Lahore
Province Punjab
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Mosque
Leadership Aurangzeb
Year consecrated 1671
Location
Location Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan
Architecture
Architectural type Mosque
Architectural style Islamic, Mughal
Completed 1673
Specifications
Dome(s) 3
Minaret(s) 8 (4 square, 4 smaller octagonal)
Minaret height 54 m (square),
Mosque minare amjad 2006
View from Minto Park

It is one of the historical place in Pakistan.The Badshahi Mosque (Urdu: بادشاھی مسجد), or the 'Emperor's Mosque', was built in 1673 by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in Lahore, Pakistan, near the Minar-e-Pakistan. It is one of the city's best known landmarks, and a major tourist attraction epitomising the beauty and grandeur of the Mughal It has four minerats. Two are minor and two are major.It is the fifth largest mosque in the world.

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