Shah-i du Shamshira
The Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque, is a yellow two-story mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. The mosque is situated in District 2, on Andarabi Road, just off the Kabul River and the Shah-Do Shamshira bridge in the center of the city.Photo: Michal Hvorecky, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Timur Shah Mausoleum and Abdul Rahman Mosque.
Timur Shah Mausoleum
The Mausoleum of Timur Shah Durrani is one of many tourist attractions in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is located next to the Kabul River on Timur Shah Road in the busy shopping area of the city. Timur Shah Mausoleum is situated 360 metres east of Shah-i du Shamshira.Abdul Rahman Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Abdul Rahman Mosque, also known as the Grand Mosque of Kabul, is a Sunni Congregational mosque, located in the central commercial area of Deh Afghanan, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Abdul Rahman Mosque is situated 610 metres northeast of Shah-i du Shamshira.
Arg
Government office
Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain.
The Arg is the presidential palace of Afghanistan, located in Kabul. Since the 2021 abolition of the Afghan presidency by the Taliban, it has served as the meeting place of the Cabinet of Afghanistan. Arg is situated 1¼ km northeast of Shah-i du Shamshira.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kabul and Bagrami.
Kabul
Photo: SiarFisher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kabul has been the capital of Afghanistan since about 1776. The city was badly damaged during the various wars since 1979, particularly its western parts.
Bagrami
Town
Bagrami is a village on the eastern fringes of Kabul at and 1797 m altitude, part of municipal District 12 and partly in District 22. The population is 31,680. Bagrami is situated 10 km east of Shah-i du Shamshira.
Shah-i du Shamshira
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Kabul District, Kabul, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.51572° or 34° 30′ 57″ northLongitude
69.17149° or 69° 10′ 17″ eastOpen location code
8J6FG58C+7HOpenStreetMap ID
way 864540700OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueWikidata ID
Q7461208
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Shah-i du Shamshira” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد شاه دو شامشيرا”
- Bengali: “শাহ দো শামশিরা মসজিদ”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد شاه دو شامشيرا”
- Finnish: “Shah-Do Shamshiran moskeija”
- French: “mosquée Shah-Do Shamshira”
- French: “Mosquée Shah-Do Shamshira”
- German: “Shah-Do Shamshira Moschee”
- Hindi: “शाह दोशमशेरा मस्जिद”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Shah-Do Shamshira”
- Italian: “moschea shah e doh shamshira”
- Macedonian: “Џамија Шах-до Шамшира”
- Malay: “Masjid Shah-Do Shamshira”
- Persian: “شاه دو شمشره”
- Persian: “مسجد شاه دوشمشیره”
- Pushto: “شاه دوشمشېره جومات”
- Russian: “Мечеть Шах-Ду Шамшира”
- Slovenian: “Mošeja Šah-Do Šamšira”
- Thai: “มัสยิดแชฮ์-โด แชมชีแร”
- Urdu: “شاہ دوشمشیرہ”
- Uzbek: “Shoh-Do Shamshira masjidi”
- Western Panjabi: “شاہ دوشمشیرہ”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shah-i du Shamshira and Ploeclinic Markazai & Eye Center.
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