Wazir Khan Mosque - Gallery

Gallery

  • Wazir Khan Mosque, 1866 water colour by William Carpenter

  • tWazir Khan Mosque, February 1895 by William Henry Jackson

  • thumb|Pigeons flying over the mosque]]

  • left|A painting by Edwin Lord Weeks c. 1889 of the marketplace near Wazir Khan Mosque

  • The main gate.

  • The main gate from the inside.

  • A minaret.

  • Looking right on entry.

  • Tomb of Syed Muhammad Ishaq, in the mosque.

  • Close-up of a hujras (a separate room within the mosque for prayer in solitude) door.

  • Row of hujras lining the courtyard.

  • Praying niche (mihrab).

  • Rows of shops outside the mosque (one of the earliest mosques to introduce such a concept).

  • Arabic calligraphy on glazed tile.

  • Arabic calligraphy on glazed tile.

  • Arabic calligraphy on glazed tile: "God is aplenty".

  • Fresco in prayer chamber.

  • Fresco in prayer chamber.

  • Plaque at Wazir Khan Mosque.

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