Background Badshahi Mosque
entrance main prayer hall through arches made of red sandstone , elaborately carved white marble.
lahore considered strategic center protected empire potential invaders west. city made imperial capital earlier emperor, akbar, established nearby lahore fort.
the sixth mughal emperor, aurangzeb, chose lahore site new imperial mosque. aurangzeb, unlike previous emperors, not major patron of art , architecture , instead focused of reign on various military conquests, added on 3 million square kilometres mughal realm.
the mosque built commemorate military campaigns against maratha king shivaji bhonsle, although construction of mosque exhausted mughal treasury , weakened mughal state. symbol of mosque s importance, built directly across lahore fort , alamgiri gate, concurrently built aurangzeb during construction of mosque.
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