Mohabbat Khan Mosque

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Mohabbat Khan Mosque is 17th century Mosque in Peshawar city is named after Mughal governor Nawab Mohabbat Khan who was governor of Peshawar and was the grandson of Nawab Dadan Khan, who remained for some time the governor of Lahore. It was built in 1670s, named for a regional governor who served under Emperors Shah Jehan and Aurangzeb, is orthodox in design. Its open courtyard has an ablution pond 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 the NWFP, the minarets were frequently used in Sikh times ‘as a substitute for the gallows’. A fire that raged through the Andar Sheher Bazaar in 1895 failed to destroy the mosque because of the unremitting efforts of the faithful.

The interior of the prayer hall is sheltered beneath three low fluted domes and is lavishly and colorfully painted with floral and geometric designs.