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Badshahi Masjid
A Very Beautiful Night View of Badshahi Masjid, Lahore.jpg
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

The Badshahi Mosque (which means 'Emperor's Mosque' in Urdu) is a very famous and historic mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. It was built a long time ago, in 1673, by a powerful ruler named Emperor Aurangzeb. This amazing building is one of Lahore's best-known landmarks. It is also a major tourist attraction, showing off the incredible beauty and grand style of the Mughal dynasty. The mosque has four tall minarets and is one of the largest mosques in the world.

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  • Evening sun on Badshahi

    Badshahi Mosque stands across the Hazuri Bagh from Lahore Fort.

  • BadshahiInterior

    Badshahi Mosque is renowned for the carved marble and elaborate plasterwork that are used throughout the mosque's interior.

  • Badshahi Mosque lahore

    Entrance to the main prayer hall is through arches made of red sandstone city was made an imperial capital by the earlier Emperor, Akbar, who established the nearby Lahore Fort.

  • The Royal Gate - Badshahi Mosque 01

    The Badshahi Mosque features a monumental gateway that faces the Hazuri Bagh quadrangle and Lahore Fort.

  • Minaret of Badshahi Mosque along with Rangit Singh Samadhi

    The Samadhi of Ranjit Singh (white edifice) is a Sikh shrine that was built next to the mosque in 1848.

  • Badshahi Mosque taken by Unknown Photographer in 1870

    Badshahi Mosque had fallen into disrepair after the city's Sikh rule

  • Ramadan Night at Badshahi Mosque

    The mosque is heavily used during the Islamic month of Ramadan.

  • Antique wrok walls in badshahi mosque

    The mosque's interior is embellished with Mughal frescoes and carved marble.

  • Badshahi Mosque Lahore, Pakistan 1

    The mosque's domes

  • Badshahi Mosque, Lahore,

    The intricately painted entryway

  • Badshahi Mosque (architecture on main building) (2)

    The ceiling of the prayer hall is embellished with elegant floral frescoes and Middle-Eastern style muqarnas.

  • Naqashi Detail - Badshahi Mosque, Lahore

    The mosque features intricate Mughal frescoes.

  • Badshahi Mosque Gate 1

    Badshahi Mosque Gate as viewed from the mosque's courtyard

  • Badshahi Mosque, Lahore VI

    Silhouette of the mosque's architectural elements

  • The Badshahi in all its glory during the Eid Prayers

    Badshahi Masjid

  • Baadshahi Mosque

    The mosque's southern view from Fort Street

  • Badshahi Mosque King’s Mosque

    The interior of the mosque is embellished with intricate floral motifs.

  • Mughal Naqashi Detail - Badshahi Mosque, Lahore

    An example of Badshahi Mosque's intricate decoration.

  • Allama Iqbal Tomb side view, adjacent to the Badshahi Mosque's gateway

    The Tomb of Allama Iqbal is located immediately north of the mosque's monumental gateway

  • Ceiling of Main Hall- Badshahi Mosque

    Light fixtures at the mosque

  • Night View of Badshahi Mosque (King’s Mosque)

    An evening view of the Badshahi Mosque.

  • Nighttime Badshahi Mosque

    The mosque at night

  • Courtyard of badshahi mosque

    Side view

  • Top view Badshahi Masjid

    A view over the mosque's marble domes.

  • Front gate of badshahi mosque

    A view of Badshahi Mosque from the Alamgiri Gate.

  • Badshahi Mosque, Lahore II

    The mosque's entry gateway connects the mosque to the Hazuri Bagh

  • Badshahi Mosque Arch

    Entry gate's design

  • Badshahi Mosque in Lahore panoramic view

    Panoramic view of Badshahi Mosque as seen from Food Street Fort Road

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