Pul-e Khishti Mosque
| Pul-e Khishti Mosque | |
|---|---|
د خښتي پل جومات | |
| File:Pul-i-Khishti Mosque.jpg The mosque in 1980 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Mosque |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Kabul |
| Country | Afghanistan |
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| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Completed | 18th century |
| Specifications | |
| Dome | One |
| Minaret | One |
The Pul-e Khishti Mosque (Dari: مجید پل خشتی) is the largest mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. Located in the center of old Kabul, the Pul-e Khishti Mosque can be identified by its large blue dome. The mosque originally was erected in the late 18th century, but was largely rebuilt under Zahir Shah in the late 1960s. It was damaged during fighting in the 1990s, and was fully restored by 2019.[1]
Many Kabulis assert that the imam of this mosque for many years in the early part of the 20th century was an Englishman who had converted to Islam, and that the imam returned to England after relinquishing his position at the mosque.[2]
Incidents
[edit | edit source]- 1970 Pul-e Khishti Mosque protest
- On 6 April 2022, there was a grenade attack in the mosque that injured six people.[3]
Gallery
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Postcard of Pul-e Khishti, c. 1960s
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Kabul, c. 1979, with the mosque in the background
See also
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External links
[edit | edit source]Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
