Shab Bhar Mosque
mosque in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Key facts
- Built
- 1917
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Overview
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Shab Bhar Mosque is a colonial-era mosque in Lahore, in Pakistan's Punjab province. It stands in the Shah Alami neighbourhood, and its address in the record is given on Circular Road in the Guru Arjun Nagar area. The name, Urdu for "overnight mosque", refers to a tradition about its construction. The building is recorded as dating from 1917 and is classed as Indo-Islamic in style.
History
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According to tradition, the mosque was built overnight in 1917, following a dispute between local Hindus and Muslims.
From Wikipedia
The Shab Bhar Mosque (Urdu: شب بهر مسجد; meaning "Overnight mosque") is a colonial era mosque in the Shah Alami neighbourhood of Lahore, Pakistan. The mosque is said to have been built overnight, following a dispute between local Hindus and Muslims in 1917.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%B1
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shab_Bhar_Mosque
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A8_%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%B1