Mohabbat Khan Mosque

Mahabat Khan Mosque
Basic information
Location	Peshawar, Pakistan
Affiliation	Sunni Deobandi
Architectural description
Architectural type	Mosque
Completed	1630
Specifications
Minaret(s)	2

The Mahabat Khan Mosque (Urdu, Pashto: مہابت 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 (a former governor of Lahore). The name of the Masjid and the governor who built is often mispronounced as 'Muhabbat Khan' ('Love Khan') by the public majority instead of the correct pronunciation 'Mahabat Khan' ('Awe-inspiring Khan').

The Mosque was built in 1630. Its open courtyard has a centrally-located ablution pool and a single row of rooms lining the exterior walls. The prayer hall, flanked by two tall minarets, occupies the west side. According to the turn-of-the-century Gazetteer for Pakhtunkhwa, the minarets were frequently used in Sikh times ‘as a substitute for the gallows’.

Mahabat Khan Mosque at night

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

See also

• Timeline of Islamic history
• Islamic architecture
• Islamic art
• List of mosques in Pakistan

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Coordinates: 34°01′N 71°35′E / 34.017°N 71.583°E / 34.017; 71.583