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The Badshahi Mosque (Urdu: بادشاھی مسجد), or the 'Emperor's Mosque', in Lahore is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world. It is Lahore's most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era.
Capable of accommodating 10,000 worshippers in its main prayer hall and 100,000 in its courtyard and porticoes, it remained the largest mosque in the world from 1673 to 1986 (a period of 313 years), when overtaken in size by the completion of the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. Today, it remains the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca, the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca and the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad.
To appreciate its large size, the four minarets of the Badshahi Mosque are 13.9 ft (4.2 m) taller than those of the Taj Mahal and the main platform of the Taj Mahal can fit inside the 278,784 sq ft (25,899.9 m2) courtyard of the Badshahi Mosque, which is the largest mosque courtyard in the world.
(Golden Mosque) (built 1749)
The Sunehri Masjid is a relative latecomer to Lahore's traditional cityscape, having been built in 1753 during the waning years of the Mughal empire by Nawab Bhikari Khan, the Deputy of Lahore during the tenure of Governor Mir Mu'in al-Mulk Mir Munoo. It stands on a small plot of land where one street diverges into two. When Nawab Bhikari Khan acquired the property, it was a vacant parcel of land at the chowk (square) of Kashmiri Bazaar.
The pre-eminent architectural historian Kamil Khan Mumtaz is highly critical of the design, writing:
"On close inspection the corruption of Mughal forms is revealed in every detail. The bulbous Mughal domes are now exaggerated into the form of grotesque vegetables capped with slender drooping leaves. The merlons have become naga hoods, and the column stalks growing out of cabbages that blossom into life-like lotuses."
Mosque in Dubai, UAE. Asma, the young lady wrapped in black is our tour guide. Color photography by Donna Corless.
This small mosque also seems to have used old Hindu pillars, like Dilawar Khan's mosque and Malik Mughith's mosque.
Elaborate gateway and minaret for the mosque complex. Built 1988.
To get here, head south then east from the traffic circle, along the tree-lined street. You can climb the minaret, but the view is mainly of new white Han Chinese apartment blocks. This central gateway is usually locked, so enter via the gate to the right. See also the mosque prayer building inside the courtyard.
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The Blue Mosque is an historical mosque in Istanbul. The mosque is known as the Blue Mosque because of blue tiles surrounding the walls of interior design. Mosque was built between 1609 and 1616 years, during the rule of Ahmed I.
Kairouan (Tunisie) - Grande Mosquée - Salle de prières.
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La Grande Mosquée de Kairouan, aussi appelée mosquée Sidi Oqba, reste aujourd'hui encore l'emblème de la ville et constitue le plus ancien et le plus prestigieux monument islamique de Tunisie et du Maghreb. Cette mosquée est également considérée comme l'une des plus belles et des plus harmonieuses réalisations architecturales de l'Islam..
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Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (Arabic :جامع الشيخ زايد الكبير) is located in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque was initiated by the late President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. His final resting place is located on the grounds beside the same mosque.
As the country’s grand mosque, it is the key place of worship for Friday gathering and Eid prayers. It is the largest mosque in the UAE and numbers during Eid can be more than forty thousand people.
The long journey back through the Nubian desert south of Aswan is sometimes punctuated by interesting rock formations that suggest naturally formed pyramids or fascinating distant mirages..
The rooftops of the medina of Marrakech as seen from the terrace of La Maison de la Photographie. Built in 1321, Ben Salah mosque was built by Sultan Abu Said Uthman El Merini. Its uniqueness is that it is one of the few monuments dating back to the Merinid period, revealing even today their art.
Jumeirah Mosque. Dubai.
The beautiful Jumeirah Mosque in Dubai is a much-photographed landmark. Built in the Medieval Fatimid tradition, the Jumeirah Mosque has a capacity of 1,200 people.
For all the glitz and glamour of Dubai, there’s still an undercurrent of humility amongst many of its Muslim population, which a visit to Jumeirah Mosque makes apparent. It’s one of the few ways that visitors can sweep aside the veil of Islam and witness the real face of the country’s religion. It’s also the only Dubai mosque to open its doors to non-Muslims.
This is a multi-function mosque with a madrasa, mausoleum, sabil-kuttab being part of the structure. Azbak, his wife (Princess Bunukh) and her son, Farag, are buried here,
Patron: Azbak al-Yusufi d.1499, a Mamluk & 'Amir of the sword' of Sultan Sayf al-Din Gàqmaq (al-Zaher Sayf al-Din Gàqmaq) 1373-1453, Burji (Circassian) Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (r.1438-1440). When he died, he was counsellor of state for the son of Sultan Qāytbāy.
Islamic Monument #211
A 16th-century masterpiece by Mimar Sinan. The lavish use of expensive hand-painted Iznik tiles reflected Rüstem Pasha's wealth. He was Suleyman the Magnificent's grand vizier and son-in-law.
This was an early use of the iconic 'tomato red' color in Iznik tile.
Of all the immense variety of tile in this place, this sample is practically the same shot as one of the three that Wikipedia has featured: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCstem_Pasha_Mosque
The Larabanga mosque, reputed to be the oldest in Ghana, dating perhaps from 1421, is constructed in the Sahelian or Sudano-Sahelian style: mudbricks covered with abobe plaster, whitewashed and reapired regularly, with maintenance made easier by the projecting wooden beams. Next to Larabanga, famous examples can be found in Djenne and other cities in Mali (see my Mali set) and in Burkina FAso (see my Burkina Faso set) among other locations. They are beautifiul to behold.