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Wazir Khan Mosque

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The Wazir Khan Mosque is a seventeenth century Mughal mosque in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was commissioned by Wazir Khan, then governor of Punjab, during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, as part of an ensemble of buildings that also included the nearby Shahi Hammam baths. Construction began in 1634 and was completed in 1641.

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Mosque 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Lahore, Pakistan 2
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1641 1
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Mosque 1
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Mosque, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Source Wazir Khan Mosque (Wikidata)

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Source Wazir Khan Mosque (Wikipedia)
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1. Wazir Khan Mosque (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (standing)
    The Wazir Khan Mosque is a seventeenth century Mughal mosque in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was commissioned by Wazir Khan, then governor of Punjab, during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, as part of an ensemble of buildings that also included the nearby Shahi Hammam baths. Construction began in 1634 and was completed in 1641.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Mosque)
    The Wazir Khan Mosque is a 17th-century Mughal mosque located in the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The mosque was commissioned by the then governor of Lahore, Wazir Khan, during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a part of an ensemble of buildings that also included the nearby Wazir Khan Hammam baths. Construction of the mosque began in 1634, and was completed in 1641. Considered to
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1641)
    The Wazir Khan Mosque is a 17th-century Mughal mosque located in the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The mosque was commissioned by the then governor of Lahore, Wazir Khan, during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a part of an ensemble of buildings that also included the nearby Wazir Khan Hammam baths. Construction of the mosque began in 1634, and was completed in 1641. Considered to
  • Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia article
    It was built with bricks laid in kankar lime.
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2. Wazir Khan Mosque (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Lahore, Pakistan
    Wikidata item Q2352054, property P131/P17 (location): Lahore, Pakistan
  • In Style: Indo-Islamic Architecture, Wikidata P149
    architectural style: Indo-Islamic architecture
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