Badshahi Mosque

adil faiz
adil faiz
Jul 28, 2017 · 1 min read

The Badshahi Mosque is a Mughal era mosque in Lahore, capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab. The mosque is located west of Lahore Fort along the outskirts of the Walled City of Lahore.

Address: Lahore

Height: 69 m

Capacity: 56,000

Leadership: Aurangzeb

Architect: Nawab Zain Yar Jang Bahadur

Architectural styles: Islamic architecture, Mughal architecture, Indo-Islamic architecture

Did you know: The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, commissioned by the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673, is the second largest mosque in Pakistan.

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