Wazir Khan Mosque

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Wazir Khan Mosque
Wazir Khan Mosque
Mosque Wazir Khan
Basic information
Affiliation Islam
Province Punjab
District Lahore
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Mosque
Architectural description
Architectural type Mosque
Architectural style Indo-Islamic/Mughal
Completed 1635 A.D.
Minaret height 100 feet

The Wazir Khan Mosque (Punjabi/Urdu: مسجد وزیر خان Masjid Wazīr Khān) in Lahore, Pakistan, is famous for its extensive faience tile work. It has been described as 'a mole on the cheek of Lahore'. It was built in seven years, starting around 1634–1635 AD, during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan. It was built by Hakim Shaikh Ilm-ud-din Ansari, a native of Chiniot, who rose to be the court physician to Shah Jahan and a governor of Lahore. He was commonly known as Wazir Khan, a popular title bestowed upon him (the word Wazir means 'minister' in Urdu and Persian). The mosque is inside the Inner City and is easiest accessed from Delhi Gate. The mosque contains some of the finest examples of Qashani tile work from the Mughal period.


Within the inner courtyard of the mosque lies the subterranean tomb of Syed Muhammad Ishaq, known as Miran Badshah,[1] a divine who settled in Lahore during the time of the Tughluq dynasty. The tomb, therefore, predates the mosque.

Filiming Of Wazir Khan Mosque[edit]

A lollywood movie was based in this very Mosque. "Khuda Ke Liye (For God Sake)", it is based on what Islam allows and what people think what Islam allows. This movie has two sides of what people think about Islam.


See also[edit]


  1. ^ Catherine B. Asher, Architecture of Mughal India, Part 1, Volume 4, (Cambridge University Press, 1992), 225.

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Coordinates: 31°34′59″N 74°19′24″E﻿ / ﻿31.58306°N 74.32333°E﻿ / 31.58306; 74.32333