Badshahi Mosque
It is situated in Lahore,Pakistan. It was bild by the sixth
Mughal Emperor aurangzeb. The real name of the mosque as written in calligraphy in marble above
the entrance gate is read as Masjid Abul Zafar Muhy ud Din Mohammad Alamgir Badshah Ghazi.
It was constructed between 1671 and 1673 it was the largest mosque in the world upon construction.
Now it is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and fift largest mosque in the world.
1841, during the First Anglo Sikh War, Ranjit Singh's son, Sher Singh, used the mosque's large
minarets for placement of zamburahs or light guns. It was used to bombard the supporters of Chand
Kaurtaking refuge in the besieged Lahore Fort, inflicting great damage to the fort itself. In one of
these bombardments, the fort's Diwan-e-Aam was destroyed. During this time, Henri De la Rouche,
A French cavalry officer employed in the army of Sher Singh, used a tunnel connecting the
Badshahi mosque to the Lahore fort to temporarily store gunpowder.
This picture was capture in 2014.
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