Id Gah Mosque

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Id Gah Mosque or Eid Gah Mosque is the second largest mosque in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. It is considered the cardinal religious mosque in the country, where a million people offer Eid prayers twice a year. It is located near the Mahmud Khan bridge and National Stadium in the eastern part of the city, in the Shar-e-barq of Kabul, which is one of the wealthier areas of the city.
The ‘Id Gah’ means “”Prayer Ground”” where people congregate during national and religious celebrations. The open grounds of Id Gah are also used as a parking lot for trucks that transport goods to and from Peshawar. In most references, Amir Abdur Rahman (18801901) is given the credit for starting its construction in 1893 before his death and his son Amir Habibullah is accredited for its completion. It has been the scene of religious festivals, religious ceremonies, state functions such as coronations and priestly religious ceremonies attended by the Amirs.
It was from this mosque that the then Amir Habibullah made his historic announcement of his country’s independence, in 1919. The Id Gah Mosque was stated to be a target of attack when two suspects were arrested on February 10, 2006 with their vehicle found loaded with 8 Id Gah Mosque was commissioned by Babur the ruler of the Mughal empire before being renovated on a large scale by King Abdur Rahman Khan in 1893 or before.
It is said that Babur used stones imported from India to build the mosque, the stones from desecrated hindu temples, building mosques was propaganda during Mughal rule. Another story relates to Jahangir being the original builder of this mosque,using local quarries and materials as Kabul was a key mughal city works of art were often commisioned here.

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