Heritage record
Mosque of Tahir Khan Nahar (Sitpur)
PunjabMosqueProtected
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.
- Record ID
- 6416
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Muzaffargarh
- 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
- 29.23976, 70.84012 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Ahmad Nabi. (1987). Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975. Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
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