Location Thatta, Pakistan District Thatta Ecclesiastical or organizational status Mosque Address Thatta, Pakistan Leadership Shah Jahan Material Tile | Affiliation Islam Province Sindh Architectural type Mosque Opened 1647 Number of domes 100 Year consecrated 1644 | |
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Architectural styles Islamic architecture, Mughal architecture Similar Wazir Khan Mosque, Badshahi Mosque, Ranikot Fort, Sunehri Masjid - Lahore, Tomb of Jahangir | ||
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The Shah Jahan Mosque is located in Thatta, Sindh province, Pakistan. It was built during the reign of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. He made it as a gift for the kind and warm hospitality of the people of Thatta. It is unique in this way that it contains no minarets but has a total of a staggering, 100 domes, the highest for any structure in Pakistan. Unlike other Mughal-era structures, it also does not contain pink sandstone. It was made using materials from areas of Sunday such as Hala (where the bricks were imported from).
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History
The mosque was built in 1647, during the reign of Mughal King Shah Jahan, as a gift to the people of Sindh for their hospitality . It has been on the tentative UNESCO World Heritage list since 1993.
Architecture
The mosque was built with acoustics in mind: a person speaking on one end of the dome can be heard from the other end when the speech exceeds 100 decibels.
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