masjid wazir khan lahore wazir khan masque history.

Описание: masjid wazir khan lahore wazir khan masque history.Wazir Khan Mosque was commissioned by Hakeem Ilam-ud-din Ansari, the Mughal Court’s head physician, also known as Wazir Khan. Wazir Khan went on to become the ‘subahdar’ or Viceroy of Punjab and commissioned a number of other monuments in Lahore. He owned a large quantity of land near the Delhi Gate and built the Wazir Khan Mosque in 1634 to house the burial of Miran Badshah, an illustrious Sufi saint. Prior to the Wazir Khan Mosque’s completion, the location was home to an ancient shrine of the saint. The mosque also became the primary mosque in Lahore for congregational Friday prayers, replacing the earlier Maryam Zamani Mosque.

The mosque was part of a larger complex that comprised the town square in front of the mosque’s main entrance, as well as a row of shops normally dedicated to calligraphers and bookbinders.

It also ran the nearby Shahi Hammam and rented space to different types of merchants on the mosque’s northern and eastern façades. The money raised from these sources was supposed to go into a ‘waqf’, or endowment, for the mosque’s upkeep.

Location
The mosque stands on the southern side of Lahore’s Shahi Guzargah, also known as “Royal Road”. It is named so because it was the usual route used by Mughal nobles on their way to the royal mansions at the Lahore Fort.

The mosque is a few hundred metres west of the Delhi Gate. Here the mosque’s Shahi Hammam, also known as Wazir Khan Hammam, can be found. The Chitta Gate and Wazir Khan Chowk, a town square, are also visible from the mosque.