Heritage record
Malahi Tola Mosque
PunjabMosqueProtected
A mosque, locally known as Paracha mosque, constructed by Muhammad Paracha Sawal, a resident of Attock, belongs to Mughal period. The mosque is rectangular in plan and externally measured 16.5x6m, a number of graves occupied the front and eastern half of the courtyard. The facade of the prayer chamber is pierced by three arched entrances. Floor of the prayer hall is plastered with cement having mat in rectangular musallah. The true fresco paintings decorated the interior and exterior of a mosque, the prominent flower plants show no vases are the crossbreed plant.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 9620
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Attock
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Mosque
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 33.89020, 72.23302 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Naz, Fozia. (2014). Malahi Tola Mosque at Attock: History and Architecture. Unpublished M.Phil. thesis: TIAC, QAU, Islamabad.
Found an error in this record? Submit a correction — quote record ID 9620.
Pakistan's Heritage Digital Ecosystem: Heritage Atlas · PWHI · Visual Record · Forum