Heritage record
Ban Faqiran Mosque
IslamabadMosqueProtected
The mosque is square in plan, measuring 4.27m x 4.27m. It is built of dressed lime stone blocks laid in lime mortar. Walls are 0.60 m thick. Access to the chamber is provided through eastern side, which is 1.07m wide, an enclave measuring 0.3048 sq. m for lamp is provided in the northern wall. The prayer chamber has a shallow mihrab of 1.83x0.60m in the western wall. The squinches and the arch of the mihrab was constructed with burnt bricks, measuring 2.44x1.83x0.609m.
- Record ID
- 6314
- Province / territory
- Islamabad
- District
- Islamabad
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Mosque
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992) (instrument: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992))
- Coordinates
- 33.72356, 72.89488 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Muhammad Ashraf et.al. (2012). Archaeological Remains of Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi District. Journal of Asian Civilizations, Vol. 35, No. 1, July 2012.
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