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Mosque of Tahir Khan Nahar (Sitpur)

Type: Monument - Mosque
Province: Punjab
District: Muzaffargarh
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1526 - 1857 CE
Description: The ancient mosque is built by Tahir Khan Nahar, situated very close to the tomb on its south-eastern side. It has three bulbous domes like the one over the tomb, the central one is bigger than the two on either side of it, having glazed tile decoration over them in geometrical and floral patterns. There are blind decorative arches over all the arched shaped openings in the mosque. In front of all three doors, there are three mihrabs in the western wall of the mosque, the central one being bigger in size. From east to west, its courtyard is about 24.3 m in length and its width in north-south direction is 18.2 m.
Latitude: 29.239763000
Longitude: 70.840118000
Ownership: AUQAF
Legal Status: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992)
Title of Publication: Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975
Published In: Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
Year of Publication: 1987
Bibliography/Reference: Khan, Ahmad Nabi
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