خوبصورت مہابت خان مسجد پاکستان
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The Mahabat Khan Mosque (Urdu, Pashto: خان مسجد) is a 17th-
century mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
It is named after the Mughal governor of Peshawar Nawab
Mahabat Khan who served under Emperors Shah Jehan and
Aurangzeb and who was the grandson of Nawab Dadan Khan
(who had been governor of Lahore). The name of the Masjid
and the governor who built is consistently mispronounced as
'Muhabbat Khan' ('Love Khan') by the public instead of
Mahabat Khan (Awe-inspiring Khan).
The Mosque was built in 1630. Its open courtyard has an
ablution pool in the middle and a single row of rooms around
the sides. The prayer hall occupies the west side flanked by
two tall minarets. According to the turn-of-the-century Gazetteer
for Pakhtunkhwa, the minarets were frequently used in Sikh
times ‘as a substitute for the gallows.
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