Pathar Mosque, known locally as ''Naev Masheed'' (
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: /
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located in the
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Srinagar, in the
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. It is located on the left bank of the River
Jhelum, just opposite the shrine of
Khanqah-e-Moula.
[Lawrence, W.R., ] It was built by Mughal Empress
Noor Jehan
Noor Jehan (Punjabi: ) (born () Allah Rakhi Wasai ; 23 September 1926 – 23 December 2000; sometimes spelled Noorjehan),Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen, ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema,'' British Film Institute, Oxford University Press ...
, the wife of emperor
Jehangir, in 1623, for Shi’a Muslim Population.
The mosque has some distinct features that separate it from the rest of the mosques in the
Kashmir Valley
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. Unlike other mosques, it does not have the traditional pyramidal roof. Furthermore, the mosque has nine ''
mehraabs'' (arches), with the central one being larger than the others.
[Feisal Alkazi, ][ ]
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