Ensiklopedia Dunia

Coordinates: 28°46′3″N 71°20′13″E / 28.76750°N 71.33694°E

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Abbasi Mosque

Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Province	Punjab
Leadership	Nawab Bahawal Khan
Location
Location	Yazman Tehsil, Bahawalpur District, Punjab
Country	Pakistan
Location in Pakistan
Geographic coordinates	28°46′3″N 71°20′13″E / 28.76750°N 71.33694°E / 28.76750; 71.33694
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Date established	1849 ^[1]

Abbasi Mosque is a mosque located close to Derawar Fort in Yazman Tehsil, within the Cholistan Desert in Bahawalpur District, Punjab province of Pakistan.^[2] It has a capacity to hold 10,000 worshippers.^[3]

History

Abbasi Mosque was built by Nawab Bahawal Khan in 1849.^[1] It was built like the Shah Jahani Masjid in Delhi, using the same construction materials.^[4]

Architecture

Abbasi Mosque features a 16-feet-wide, 128-feet-long hall, three domes, and two minarets.^[4] Historically, the main entrance housed servants' quarters and the lower portion comprised a hostel and a library.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Built by Nawab Bahawal Khan in 1849". Dawn.com. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
^ "9 historical Pakistani mosques that will transport you to another time". Dawn. 10 January 2016.
^ "چولستان میں جامعہ مسجد عباسیہ اپنی پوری شان و شوکت کے ساتھ موجود". sunotv.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c "جامعہ عباسیہ شاہی مسجد چولستان کے ماتھے کا جھومر". Dunya News.

External links

Media related to Abbasi Mosque, Bahawalpur at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Mosques in Pakistan
Gilgit-Baltistan	Amburiq Chaqchan Khanqah-e-Mualla Noorbakshia Khaplu Bala
Islamabad	Faisal Lal Salman bin Abdulaziz
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Ilyasi Mahabat Khan Mahmud Ghaznavi Qasim Ali Khan Rajgan Shahi, Chitral
Punjab	Abbasi Al-Sadiq Badshahi Begum Shahi Bhong Dai Anga Data Durbar Lahore Grand Jamia Markazi Jamia Moti Neevin Oonchi Raiwind Saleh Kamboh Shab Bhar Shaheed Ganj Shahi Eid Ga Shahi Sunehri Wazir Khan
Sindh	Allahabad Grand Baitul Mukarram Banbhore Jamia e-Tooba Karachi Grand Jamia Khudabad Jamia Madina Manzilgah New Memon Shah Jahan
Category List Islam in Pakistan Mosques by country

v t e Tourist attractions in Bahawalpur
Houses, palaces and gates	Darbar Mahal Fareed Gate Noor Mahal Gulzar Mahal
libraries and museums	Bahawalpur Central Library Bahawalpur Museum
Graves, mosques and tombs	Abbasi Mosque Al-Sadiq Mosque
Forts	Bijnot Fort Derawar Fort
Educational institutes	Sadiq Dane High School Sadiq Public School
Others	Bahawalpur Airport Bank of Bahawalpur Bahawalpur railway station Bahawal Stadium Bahawalpur Zoo Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park
Bahawalpur Portal

Categories:

Hidden categories:

History

Architecture

See also

References

External links