Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Eid Gah Mosque: Kabul City


Eid Gah Mosque is the second largest mosque in Kabul, the Capital of Afghanistan. It is considered the cardinal religious mosque in the country, where a million people offer Eid prayers twice a year. Its located near the Mahmud Khan bridge and National Stadium in the eastern part of the city, in the Shar-e-Barq of Kabul, which is one of the wealthier areas of the city. In most reference Babur, a Muslim warrior at the time had just invaded and devastated India and ordered a Mosque be built to glorify Islam, he had his warriors bring back precious stone from the Punjab, Sindh and surrounding areas and had Persian architects build a structure for his Kabul subjects.

Sent by Trond Inge Skara of Nroway

No comments:

Post a Comment