Mahabat Khan Mosque - Peshawar, Pakistan - Mosques on Waymarking.com

This beautiful mosque in the center of Peshawar is known by its pristine surfaces made of white marble.

It was built in 1630 and named after the Mughal governor of the town, Nawab Mohabat Khan Kamboh. It has a long story, sometimes somber, like the days when the minarets were used to hang people, up to five per day.

During the Soviet presence in Afghanistan it was a resistance meeting point.

Anyone can visit, but praying times should be avoided.

From Wikipedia:
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"The prayer hall occupies the west side. The hall is flanked by two tall minarets, which are divided into three sections. The façade of the prayer hall is also capped by 6 smaller decorative minarets that flank the mosque's 5 arched entryways, with an additional 2 minarets flanking the set of 6. The prayer hall is capped by 3 fluted domes. The roofline rises from the outer edges, towards the centre by a series of four small incremental height increases. The roofline is embellished with numerous merlons. The top of the mosque's white marble façade is capped by cavettos, or concave moulding.

5 arched portals offer entry into the main prayer hall. The central arch is the tallest, and features cusped arches typical of the Mughal style. The central arch is flanked by two slightly shorter un-cusped arches, that are designed in the Persian and Central Asian style. These arches are flanked by a smaller arch decorated in a similar style, and row of 7 small arched portals are found above the tip of each arch. The three central arched portals are embellished with muqarnas above the row of 7 mini-arched portals, while the outermost arches are instead decorated with ghalib kari, or a network of ribs made of stucco and plaster that are applied to curved surfaces in the archways for decorative purposes. Archways into the mosque are also flanked by vegetal motifs along their upper curves, which unlike the green motifs at Badshahi Mosque, are multi-coloured.

Both the interior and exterior feature panels are embellished with floral motifs and Quranic calligraphy.[3] The interior of the prayer hall is sheltered beneath the three low fluted domes and is eloquently painted with floral and geometric designs."

Type: Current mosque Address: Not listed Website reference (required if no minaret or 2nd photo): Not listed

Visit Instructions:

Posting a photo of your visit is strongly encouraged but not required. There is NO requirement that you enter inside the mosque as some mosques may not allow this. Please refrain from taking pictures inside the mosque if it is not permitted by the management and generally have respect for the reliqious nature of the site.

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