Type: Monument - Mosque
Province: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District: Peshawar
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1526 - 1857 CE
Description: According to a popular legend, the Mughal governor of Peshawar, Nawab Mahabat Khan was having three brothers namely Gunj Ali Khan, Dilwar Ali Khan and Qasim Ali Khan, who constructed mosques in Peshawar city being named after them. The official record of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Auqaf Department traces back construction of Qasim Ali Khan mosque in 1842 during Sikh rule in Peshawar while that of its outer portion in 1941. According to Prof. Ibrahim Shah of the Archaeology department, University of Peshawar, Qasim Ali Khan was a lower rank officer in the era of Mughal ruler Aurangzeb so the mosque was named after him. Similarly, the other two mosques Masjid Gunj Ali Khan and Masjid Dilawar Ali Khan too were attributed to two junior rank officials in Emperor Aurangzeb era.
Latitude: 34.003100000
Longitude: 71.572400000
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Mapping of the Cultural Assets in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Punjab
Published In: UNESCO, Islamabad
Year of Publication: 2011
Bibliography/Reference: Anonymous
