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Wikipedia: The Badshahi Mosque, (from Persian, Padshahi, "imperial") or the 'Emperor's Mosque', in Lahore is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world. Epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era, it is Lahore's most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction. Capable of accommodating 10,000 worshippers in its main prayer hall and a further 100,000 in its courtyard and porticoes, it remained the largest mosque in the world from 1673 to 1986 (a period of 313 years), when overtaken in size by the completion of the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad.
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![[[[Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shahi_Mosque_12_s.jpg "[[Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal")
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![[The Badshahi Mosque on the 500 Rupee note of Pakistan.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rs500bk_s.jpg "The Badshahi Mosque on the 500 Rupee note of Pakistan.")
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![[Pietre dure trellis' in mihrab]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shahi_Mosque_7_s.jpg "Pietre dure trellis' in mihrab")
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![[Gateway to Masjid]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shahi_Mosque_1_s.jpg "Gateway to Masjid")
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![[Main Entrance of the Mosque]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Main_Entrance_of_Badshahi_Mosque_s.jpg "Main Entrance of the Mosque")
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![[Hazuri Bagh Baradari in foreground]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shahi_Mosque_2_s.jpg "Hazuri Bagh Baradari in foreground")
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![[All architectural elements in harmony]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shahi_Mosque_3_s.jpg "All architectural elements in harmony")
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![[View from Iqbal Park]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mosque_minare_amjad_2006_s.jpg "View from Iqbal Park")
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![[White marble inlay in red sandstone]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shahi_Mosque_9_s.jpg "White marble inlay in red sandstone")
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![[Cusped arch frames a minaret]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shahi_Mosque_6_s.jpg "Cusped arch frames a minaret")
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![[View towards north-west]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shahi_Mosque_5_s.jpg "View towards north-west")
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![[Beautifully embellished main archway]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shahi_Mosque_4_s.jpg "Beautifully embellished main archway")
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