Published On: Thu, Mar 17th,

10 Famous Mosques in Pakistan

1. Faisal Mosque

Faisal Mosque
Faisal Mosque is located in Islamabad which is the capital city of Pakistan. The Faisal Mosque is the largest mosque in South Asia and 4th largest mosque in the world. The most beautiful and famous mosques of Pakistan was architect by the Turkish engineer “Vedat Dalokay” that chosen by the shaped like a desert Bedouin’s tent and was completed in 1986. The Mosque is visualize as the National Mosque of Pakistan and named after the late King of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz who actually financed and supported the project.

2. Badshahi Mosque

Badshahi Mosque

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The most famous Badshahi Mosque is located in Lahore that specially made by the 6th Mughal royal leader Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in two years in 1673. The Badshahi Mosque is the 2nd largest mosque in South Asia and Pakistan and the 5th largest mosque of the world. The mosque symbolizes the passion, beauty and sumptuousness of the Mughal era and considers as the Lahore’s most famous and well-known landmark and the major attraction place for the tourist.

3. Shah Jahan Mosque

Shah Jahan Mosque
The Shah Jahan Mosque was built in the Mughal era during the reign of Mughal King Shah Jahan and located in Sindh province tehsil Thatta, Pakistan. The mosque was built in 1647 as the gift to the people of Sindh for their hospitality and built with red bricks with blue colored shiny finish tiles probably imported from the rural area of Haala, Sindh. The famous mosque has total of domes and it was built as the ceremonial acoustics in mind. The person speaks from one side of the dome can be heard from the other side of the dome and the speech go above 100 decibel.

4. Masjid e Tooba

Masjid e Tooba
Tooba Mosque or Masjid e Tooba is located in Karachi which is the biggest city of Pakistan and the mosque is locally known as the name of Gol Masjid. The mosque was built in 1969 and frequently been considered as the largest single-dome mosque of the world. The mosque is totally construct with the pure white marble and the mosque dome is 72 meters in its diameter and balanced with the low adjacent walls with no central pillars. The mosque has a single minaret positioned 70 meters high. The mosque is the world 18th largest mosque with the inner prayer hall holds the capacity of 5,000 people. The beautiful mosque was designed by the local architect Dr. Babar Chauhan with engineer was Zaheer Naqvi.

5. Jatoi Mosque

Jatoi Mosque
A beautiful and newly constructed Mosque in Jatoi, Sakeena tul Sughra shows a spectacular and inspiring structural design. It has been attracting a number of tourists across the cities. The constructional plan of this mosque was got from Egypt. Inspired from Turkish architecture, Sakeena-tul-Sughra has been constructed by the assistance of Foreigner Engineers. The man behind the construction of this remarkable mosque is a local resident who presently serve in America as a top level heart surgeon. The masterpiece soars high in a small village of Kotla Reham Ali Shah, located in Tehsil of Jatoi, district Muzaffargarh.

6. Bhong Mosque

Bhong Mosque
Bhong Mosque is located in the Bhong village of Tehsil Sadiqabad and the district of Rahim Yar Khan in the Southern Punjab of Pakistan. The beautiful mosque is constructed and designed over the period of almost 50 years from 1932 to 1982. The most famous mosque also won the Aga Khan Award for best structural design in 1986 and the national award of “Sitara-e-Imtiaz” in 2004. The mosque is renowned for its architectural beauty and the exquisite design with the gold coated carved for the complicated decorative model and the stylish calligraphic art.

7. Mohabbat Khan Mosque

Mohabbat Khan Mosque
The most decorated and beautiful mosque “Mahabat Khan Mosque” is the historical 17th century mosque located in Peshawar. The mosque was named that late Mughal governor of Peshawar “Nawab Mahabat Khan” who served under the emperors Aurangzeb and Shah Jahan and it was built in 1630. The mosque open square has built with the ablution pool at the middle and a single row of rooms are built around the sides of the mosque. The prayer hall of the mosque occupies the west side flanked by two ling minarets. The mosque interior prayer hall is decorated with the 3 low fluted domes and is colorfully and lavishly painted with the geometric and floral designs.

8. Wazir Khan Mosque

Wazir Khan Mosque
The most adorned wazir khan mosque is located in Lahore and it is famous for its all-embracing faience tile work. The mosque has been described as the “mole on the cheek of Lahore”. The mosque was competed in 7 years, starting from 1634 and finished in 1635 AD, during the time in power of the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan. The mosque is located at the center of the Lahore city and easily accessed from the way of Delhi Gate. The historical mosque contains and describes the finest examples of “Qashani tiles” and the traditions of the Mughal period.

9. Eid Gah Mosque

Eid Gah Mosque
The grand mosque is located in Multan at the center of the city. The historical mosque was built by the Nawab Abdul Samad Khan in 1735 AD when he was the governor of the Multan of the Mughal era. The mosque is very airy and open and provided with the vast courtyard ground and the massive prayer hall measurements of (250 by 54) feet and caped with the seven domes. The mosque exterior wall is decorated with dull blue tiles and the interior walls of the mosque were decorated with the colorful mosaics.

10. Sunehri Masjid

Sunehri Masjid
Sunehri Masjid is located in Lahore and other enormous example of the Mughal Empire’s fine-looking architectural configuration in the region of sub-continent. The historical and beautiful Mosque was shaped with the minaret tops and the golden tomb in 1735 by the Nawab Syed Bhikari Khan and he was served as the deputy governor of the Lahore in the Mughal Empire when this Mosque was constructed.

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