Bādshāhi Masjid
The Badshahi Mosque is a Mughal-era imperial mosque located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was constructed between 1671 and 1673 during the rule of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, opposite to the Lahore Fort in the northern outskirts of the historic Walled City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Lahore, Pakistan
- Also known as: “Badshahi Mosque”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tomb of Allama Iqbal and Lahore Fort.
Tomb of Allama Iqbal
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The Tomb of Allama Iqbal, or Mazar-e-Iqbal, is the final resting place of Muhammad Iqbal, the national poet of Pakistan. Designed in the Mughal architectural style, the mausoleum is located next to the walls of the iconic Mughal-era Badshahi Mosque, within the Hazuri Bagh in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Tomb of Allama Iqbal is situated 110 metres east of Bādshāhi Masjid.
Lahore Fort
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The Lahore Fort is a citadel in the walled interior of Lahore in Punjab, Pakistan. The fortress is located at the northern end of the Walled City and is spread over an area greater than 20 hectares. Lahore Fort is situated 440 metres east of Bādshāhi Masjid.
Minar-e-Pakistan
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Minar-e-Pakistan is a national monument located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The tower stands in the Greater Iqbal Park, an urban park in Lahore. The tower was built during 1960–1968 on the site where on 23 March 1940, the All-India Muslim League passed the… Minar-e-Pakistan is situated 500 metres north of Bādshāhi Masjid.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walled City of Lahore and Mazang.
Walled City of Lahore
Suburb
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The Walled City of Lahore, also known as the Old City or Inner Lahore, refers to the historic core of Lahore, the capital and largest city of Punjab, Pakistan.
Mazang
Suburb
Mozang Chungi or Mozang is an area in Lahore, Pakistan. Nearby areas are Miani Sahib Graveyard, Jail Road, Choubarji, Shama and the Anarkali Bazaar. It is located at 31°32'55N 74°18'54E. The January 2011 Raymond Davis incident took place here. Mazang is situated 4 km south of Bādshāhi Masjid.
Lahore
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Lahore is Pakistan's second largest city after Karachi, and the capital of the north-eastern Punjab province. It is widely considered the country's cultural capital.
Bādshāhi Masjid
- Category: religion
- Location: Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Bādshāhi Masjid” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد بادشاهي”
- Armenian: “Բադշահի մզկիթ”
- Asturian: “Badshahi Masjid”
- Azerbaijani: “Padşah məscidi”
- Bashkir: “Падишаһ мәсете”
- Basque: “Badshahi meskita”
- Belarusian: “Бадшагі”
- Belarusian: “Мячэць Бадшахі”
- Bengali: “বাদশাহী মসজিদ”
- Bosnian: “Badšahi džamija”
- Bulgarian: “Бадшахи джамия”
- Bulgarian: “Джамия Бадшахи”
- Catalan: “mesquita de Badshahi”
- Catalan: “Mesquita de Badshahi”
- Chinese: “巴德夏合清真寺”
- Chinese: “巴德夏希清真寺”
- Croatian: “Džamija Badšahi”
- Czech: “Bádišáhova mešita”
- Dutch: “Badshahi Moskee”
- Dutch: “Badshahimoskee”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد بادشاهى”
- Esperanto: “Moskeo Badŝahi”
- Finnish: “Badshahi-moskeija”
- French: “Badshahi Masjid”
- French: “La mosquée Badshahi”
- French: “Mosquée Badshahi”
- French: “mosquée Royale”
- French: “Mosquée Royale”
- German: “Badshahi-Moschee”
- Greek: “Τέμενος Μπαντσχαχί”
- Hausa: “Masallacin Badshahi”
- Hebrew: “מסגד בדשאהי”
- Hindi: “बादशाही मस्जिद”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Badshahi”
- Italian: “moschea Imperiale”
- Italian: “Moschea Imperiale”
- Japanese: “バードシャーヒー・モスク”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Badshahi”
- Korean: “바드샤히 모스크”
- Lithuanian: “Badšahio mečetė”
- Macedonian: “Џамија Бадшахи”
- Maithili: “बादशाही मस्जिद”
- Malay: “Masjid Badshahi”
- Malayalam: “Badshahi Mosque”
- Malayalam: “ബാദ്ശാഹി മസ്ജിദ്”
- Malayalam: “ബാദ്ശാഹി മോസ്ക്”
- Malayalam: “ബാദ്ഷാഹി മോസ്ക്”
- Marathi: “बादशाही मशीद”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Badshahi Masjid”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Badshahimoskéen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Badsjahimoskeen”
- Norwegian: “Badshahimoskeen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mosqueta Reiala”
- Panjabi: “ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹੀ ਮਸਜਿਦ”
- Persian: “مسجد بادشاهی”
- Persian: “مسجد پادشاهی”
- Polish: “Cesarski Meczet”
- Pushto: “بادشاهي مسجد”
- Pushto: “پادشاهی جومات”
- Pushto: “د پادشاهی جومات”
- Pushto: “د پادشاهی مسجد”
- Romanian: “Moscheea Badshahi”
- Russian: “Бадшахи”
- Russian: “Мечеть Бадшахи”
- Scots: “Badshahi Mosque”
- Serbian: “Badšahi džamija”
- Sindhi: “بادشاهي مسجد”
- Slovenian: “Mošeja Badšahi”
- Spanish: “Badshahi Masjid”
- Spanish: “Mezquita Badshahi”
- Spanish: “Mezquita del Emperador”
- Spanish: “بادشاھی مسجد”
- Swedish: “Badshahi Masjid”
- Swedish: “Badshahimoskén”
- Swedish: “Kejsarmoskén”
- Tamil: “பாத்சாகி மசூதி”
- Tatar: “Бадшаһи мәчете”
- Telugu: “బాద్షాహీ మసీదు”
- Thai: “มัสยิดบาดชาฮี”
- Thai: “มัสยิดแบดชาฮิ”
- Turkish: “Badşahi Camii”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть Бадшахі”
- Urdu: “Badshahi Mosque”
- Urdu: “بادشاہی مسجد”
- Urdu: “شاہی مسجد”
- Uzbek: “Badshahi masjidi”
- Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Hồi giáo Badshahi”
- Waray (Philippines): “Badshahi Mosque”
- Waray (Philippines): “Moske Badshani”
- Western Mari: “Бадшахи мечеть”
- Western Panjabi: “بادشاہی مسجد”
- Western Panjabi: “بادشاہی مسیت”
- Wu Chinese: “巴德夏希清真寺”
- Yue Chinese: “巴德夏希清真寺”
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