Punjab University Mosque

جامعہ پنجاب also referred to as punjab university is a public research university located in lahore punjab pakistan punjab university is the oldest public university in pakistan.

Punjab university mosque. The punjab university was the pioneer in this respect. Kapurthala city was then the capital city of the kapurthala state known as mini paris of punjab and the mosque was stated to be one of the best in south east asia. It was commissioned by maharajah jagatjit singh the last ruler of kapurthala. The institute of islamic studies was introduced in this university in 1949 to meet the above mentioned social national and religious requirements of a new country which was to occupy the position of the largest muslim country in the world.

The provincial government told the pu administration and teachers that the land would remain property of the university and the mosque or seminary would also be constructed by the pu using its. This institute started functioning in the year 1950. The mosque is a national monument protected by the archaeological survey of india. In order to streamline instructions and research in qur anic teachings and arabic studies and to further cement the fraternal ties existing between the two islamic countries of uae and pakistan his highness sheikh zayed bin sultan al nahayan president of united arab emirates and ruler of abu dhabi established.

The construction is rectangular in plan and pierced by a large rectangular central court surrounded by arcades of pointed arches. According to a press release here on wednesday the vice chancellor while speaking on the occasion said a mosque has central importance in islam and our mosques should play pivotal role for. The sunheri mosque urdu. The tusk fossil perhaps belongs to the extinct anancus genus of elephants who roamed in the primitive forest habitat of jhelum some.

The university of the punjab urdu. Punjab university department of zoology s phd student ghayyour abbas has made a marvelous discovery of a rare 3 3 million year old elephant tusk fossil from the village tatrot in sohawa tehsil of district jhelum. Sheikh zayed islamic centre. The moorish mosque kapurthala situated in kapurthala in the indian state of punjab is patterned on the lines of the grand mosque of marrakesh morocco.

سنہری مسجد or golden mosque also known as the talai mosque is a late mughal architecture era mosque in the walled city of lahore capital of the pakistani province of punjab.