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Field guide · Heritage
Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur District · Punjab, Pakistan
Al-Sadiq Mosque, Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur's great congregational mosque, room for some 60,000 worshippers, rebuilt by Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V after 1935.
Al-Sadiq Mosque is the principal congregational mosque of Bahawalpur, covering 24 kanals with room for nearly 60,000 worshippers at once. According to the Punjab government's archaeological handbook, its foundation was laid more than two hundred years ago by Khawaja Noor Muhammad Maharvi, spiritual guide to the Abbasi rulers. Successive Nawabs added to it, and the last ruler, Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V, had it largely rebuilt after his return from the Hajj in 1935.
Why go
- ✦Room for nearly 60,000 worshippers
- ✦Founded more than 200 years ago
- ✦Rebuilt by the last Nawab after 1935
How to Reach
In central Bahawalpur.
Planning tip
Best Time to Visit, November to February; Bahawalpur is very hot in summer.
Getting there, In central Bahawalpur.
Allow, Half an hour.
What to Do
Nearby
Straight-line distance from Al-Sadiq Mosque, Bahawalpur, within 5 km.
