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This mosque is popularly known as the Badshahi (Royal) Mosque
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This Tuck's postcard was overprinted with Eid greetings in Urdu from the Bombay Press. This shows how cards published for the English-speaking market could be re-appropriated by local manufacturers for their own audiences.
[Original caption] Royal Mosque (Inner Part) Lahore. The mosque of red sandstone was built by Aurangazeb in the 17th century, with the funds derived from the confiscated estates of his eldest brother, whom he put to death: it has consequently never been popular as a place of prayer. The cupolas of the four minarets were so injured by an earthquake that it was necessary to take them down. The mosque has one large and ten small archways facing the court, and is surmounted by three marble domes. [end] |
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