Badshahi Masjid

As we all know that Pakistan is a country with amazing geological structure in the world. Here we can discover different weathers, Different archeological sites and ancients’ civilizations as well. Pakistan is very rich country by many resources but due to lack of interest and technology we can’t get an advantage from it. Badshahi mosque is one of the best gift of Mughals to us.

Pakistan also has many ancients’ sites for tourists which remind us that precious time that how they used to live there and what was their lifestyle. We can clearly feel the presence of those late people in our archeological sites. Badshahi masjid is also one of the best and ancient sites in Pakistan.

BADSHAHI MASJID

Badshahi masjid is the 5^th largest mosque in the world and 2^nd largest Mosque in Pakistan. According to historians, 60 thousand of people can offers their prayer at a time in Badshahi Mosque. Badshahi Masjid was built by Aurangzeb Alamgeer in 1673. This amazing piece of Art is the best reminder of Mughals.

Location Of Badshahi Masjid

Badshahi mosque is located in province of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

There are also many other historical sites around Badshahi masjid like there are Lahore fort and Minar e Pakistan.

Designer of Badshahi mosque

Nawab Zain Yar Bahadur designed the Badshahi Mosque. It means Nawab Bahadur is the architect of Badshahi Mosque.

Purpose of Badshahi Mosque

This mosque was built by Aurangzeb in order to commemorate his military campaign in southern India specially against the emperor of Maratha, Shivaji.

History Of Badshahi Masjid

Badshahi mosque is built in the Mughal architectural pattern with red sand stone and Marbles used in the structure. Badshahi Mosque contain 4 minarets, 3 domes, and a large courtyard. This mosque is also called Emperor Mosque. 

The project to built the Badshahi mosque was started in 1671 and completed in 1673. It took 2 years to complete the construction of Badshahi Mosque.

Jamia masjid in Delhi is built by Aurangzeb father, Shah Jahan in 1656 and it looks like quite same to Badshahi masjid Lahore, Pakistan. He done it, because Aurangzeb took many decisions against his brothers and father.

On 7^th July 1799, the Sikh army of raja Ranjeet Singh conquered Lahore. After taking control on city, Maharaja Ranjeet Singh used the vast courtyard of the Badshahi Mosque as the stable of Army horses and its 80 small rooms around the courtyard as a Quarters for his soldiers.

The big minarets of the mosque had been used by Sher Singh, the son of Ranjit Singh, to position zamburahs, or light guns, to fire at Chand Kaur’s supporters in 1841 during the First Anglo-Sikh War.

Sikh Empire rule over Lahore was overthrown by the British in 1849. A military garrison was maintained at the mosque and the nearby fort throughout the British Raj. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British destroyed the 80 cells that were erected into the walls encircling its large courtyard to keep them from being utilized for anti-British events. Dalen’s, or open arcades, took the place of the cells.

In 1852, the British established the Badshahi Mosque Authority to supervise the restoration and reinstate the mosque as a site of religious worship due to growing Muslim discontent with its use as a military stronghold. Piecemeal repairs were then made under the direction of the Badshahi Mosque Authority. John Lawrence, the Viceroy of India, formally returned the building to the Muslim community. The building was then re-established as a mosque.

The Pakistani Walled City of Lahore is next to the mosque. The mosque’s entrance is situated on the western side of the rectangular Hazuri Bagh, facing the well-known Lahore Fort’s Alamgiri Gate, which is situated on the eastern side of the Hazuri Bagh. The mosque is situated adjacent to the Roshnai Gate, which is one of the thirteen original gates of Lahore. It is situated on the southern side of Hazuri Bagh.

Close to the mosque’s entrance stands the tomb of Muhammad Iqbal, a poet highly regarded in Pakistan for being the driving force behind the Pakistan Movement, which established Pakistan as a homeland for British Indian Muslims.

Also close to the mosque’s entrance is Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan’s mausoleum, who is recognized for having had a significant influence in the mosque’s preservation and renovation.

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CONCLUSION

In this blog post, I Discuss all the key points related to Badshahi Mosque. After reading our complete article you will be able to know, when was it built? Who built it? Who was the architect? What was the historical background? And specialty of Badshahi mosque. Pakistan has a very amazing geological structure in the world which are a type of gift to our country individuals. Badshahi Masjid carry the circumstances of our Mughals emperor and their lifestyle. Being a Muslims it our national and religious duty to take care and respect our religious places. 

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