- Mohabbat Khan Mosque
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Mohabbat Khan Mosque 
Picture taken at night 2007
Basic information Location 
Peshawar, PakistanAffiliation Sunni Deobandi Architectural description Architectural type Mosque Completed 1670s Specifications Minaret(s) 2 The Mohabbat Khan Mosque (Urdu, Pashto: موحبّت خان مسجد) is a 17th century Mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Pakistan. It is named after the Mughal governor of Peshawar Nawab Mohabbat Khan who served under Emperors Shah Jehan and Aurangzeb and who was the grandson of Nawab Dadan Khan (who had been governor of Lahore).
The Mosque was built in 1670s, and 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 KPK, the minarets were frequently used in Sikh times ‘as a substitute for the gallows’.
The interior of the prayer hall is sheltered beneath three low fluted domes and is lavishly and colourfully painted with floral and geometric designs.
See also
- Badshahi Masjid
- Timeline of Islamic history
- Islamic architecture
- Islamic art
- List of mosques in Pakistan
Mosques in Pakistan 
Masjid-e-Aqsa • Badshahi Mosque • Bhong Mosque • CMH Masjid Jhelum • Dai Anga Mosque • Data Durbar Complex • Faisal Mosque • Jamia Masjid Sialkot • Mosque of Mariyam Zamani Begum • Masjid e Tooba • Mohabbat Khan Mosque • Kuzkandi Jamiah Masjid • Moti Masjid (Lahore) • Shahjahan Mosque • Suneri Mosque • Wazir Khan Mosque
Category – Islam in Pakistan – Mosques by country Categories:- Mosques in Peshawar
- Peshawar
- Mughal architecture
- Islamic architecture
- Pakistani building and structure stubs
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