Pul-e Khishti Mosque

The Pul-e Khishti Mosque is the largest in , . Located in the center of old Kabul, the Pul-e Khishti Mosque can be identified by its large blue dome.
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: mosque in Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Pul-e Khishtī” and “پل خشتی”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Arg and Timur Shah Mausoleum.

Government office
Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain.
The is the presidential palace of , located in . Since the 2021 abolition of the Afghan presidency by the Taliban, it has served as the meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan. is situated 1 km north of Pul-e Khishti Mosque.

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The Mausoleum of Timur Shah Durrani is one of many tourist attractions in , . It is located next to the on Timur Shah Road in the busy shopping area of the city. is situated 520 metres west of Pul-e Khishti Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kabul.

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is the capital and largest city of . A crowded metropolis pressed into a basin of the Hindu Kush mountains, its bazaars, battle-scarred buildings and traffic-choked streets bear the traces of an ancient trading city, rapid urban expansion, periods of cosmopolitan ambition, and nearly half a century of war.

Pul-e Khishti Mosque

Latitude
34.5161° or 34° 30′ 58″ north
Longitude
69.18105° or 69° 10′ 52″ east
Elevation
1,804 metres (5,919 feet)
Open location code
8J6FG58J+CC
Geo­Names ID
7097998
Wiki­data ID
Q2393709
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Pul-e Khishti Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسجد بل خشتي”
  • Arabic: “مسجد پُل خشتي”
  • Bengali: “পুলে খিশ্তি মসজিদ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد بل خشتى”
  • Hindi: “पुल-ए-ख़िश्ती मस्जिद”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Pul-e Khishti”
  • Kashmiri: “پل ای کشتی مسجد”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti Pul-e Khishti”
  • Macedonian: “Џамија Пул-е Кишти”
  • Malay: “Masjid Pul-e Khishti”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pul-e Khishti-moskéen”
  • Norwegian: “Pul-e Khishti-moskeen”
  • Persian: “مسجد پل خشتی”
  • Polish: “Meczet Pul-e Chiszti”
  • Pushto: “د خښتي پل جومات”
  • Russian: “Пул-е Хишти”
  • Russian: “Пули Хишти”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita Pul-e Khishti”
  • Swedish: “Pul-e Khishti-moskén”
  • Swedish: “Pul-e Khishti”
  • Swedish: “Pule Khishti”
  • Ukrainian: “Кулі Хішті”
  • Urdu: “مسجد پل خشتی”
  • Uzbek: “Pul-e Xishti masjidi”

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