The Badshahi Mosque, whose name means the Emperor's Mosque, is a large Mughal mosque in Lahore, in what is now Pakistan. It was commissioned by the emperor Aurangzeb and built from 1671 to 1673, opposite the Lahore Fort, and built in red sandstone with white marble decoration. For about three centuries it was the largest mosque in the world in terms of the area of its courtyard, and its prayer hall is topped by three white marble domes. During the period of Sikh rule in the nineteenth century the mosque was used as a garrison and a stable, and it was damaged by an earthquake and restored in the twentieth century. It is one of the most important landmarks of Lahore and a place of major gatherings at Eid.
Before and after
- 1669Discovery of phosphorus
- 4 October 1669Death of Rembrandt
- 1670Founding of Fall River
- 1670Construction of avenue des Champs-Élysées
- 1671Construction of Badshahi Mosque
- 25 October 1671Discovery of Iapetus
- from 1672 to 1676Polish–Ottoman War of 1672–1676
- from 6 April 1672 to 17 September 1678Franco-Dutch War
- 30 May 1672Birth of Peter the Great
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