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    March 26, 2023

    Badshahi mosque is one of the few significant architectural monuments built during Emperor Aurangzeb's long rule from 1658 to 1707. It is presently the fifth largest mosque in the world and was indisputably the largest mosque in the world from 1673 to 1986 when the Faisal Mosque was constructed in Islamabad. Although it was built late in the Mughal era in a period of relative decline, its beauty, elegance, and scale epitomize Mughal cultural achievement like no other monument in Lahore.

    The red sandstone used in the mosque was quarried near Jaipur in Rajasthan (in present-day India). The whole courtyard can accommodate up to 55,000 worshippers.

    orientalarchitecture.com/sid/568/pakistan/lahore/badshahi-mosque

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badshahi_Mosque

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