Shah-i du Shamshira

The Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque, is a yellow two-story in , . The mosque is situated in District 2, on Andarabi Road, just off the and the Shah-Do Shamshira bridge in the center of the city.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque” and “مسجد شاه دو شمشیر”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Timur Shah Mausoleum and Abdul Rahman 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 360 metres east of Shah-i du Shamshira.

Mosque
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The , also known as the Grand Mosque of Kabul, is a Sunni Congregational mosque, located in the central commercial area of Deh Afghanan, in , . is situated 610 metres northeast of Shah-i du Shamshira.

Government office
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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 1¼ km northeast of Shah-i du Shamshira.

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.

Shah-i du Shamshira

Latitude
34.51572° or 34° 30′ 57″ north
Longitude
69.17149° or 69° 10′ 17″ east
Open location code
8J6FG58C+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 864540700
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Wiki­data 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: “مسجد 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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