Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque
mosque in Afghanistan
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Overview
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The Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque stands in District 2 of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Andarabi Road close to the Kabul River and the Shah-Do Shamshira bridge. It is a yellow, two-story building in the centre of the city. Its name means "Mosque of the King of Two Swords". The design is considered unusual within Islamic religious architecture, and the Italian-style decorative stucco gives it a distinctive appearance that some observers have called "Afghan Baroque". The mosque was modelled on the Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul.
History
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The mosque was built during the reign of Amanullah Khan, between 1919 and 1929. Its design took the Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul as its model.
From Wikipedia
The Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque (Persian: مسجد شاه دوشمشیره, Pashto: شاه دوشمشېره جومات, lit. 'Mosque of the King of Two Swords'), is a yellow two-story mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. The mosque is situated in District 2, on Andarabi Road, just off the Kabul River and the Shah-Do Shamshira bridge in the center of the city. It was built during the reign of Amanullah Khan (1919–1929).
The mosque was modelled after the Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. The design of the mosque is quite unusual for Islamic religious architecture and its Italian decorative stucco creates an interesting effect that some describe as ‘Afghan Baroque’.
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