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Bukkan Khan
The
spacious mosque is situated in Mihama Dhal, Mochi Gate quarters.
It was built in 1257 A.H. by Bankkan Khan, superintendent of the stable
of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, on the site of an ancient mosque. A small
garden is attached to it, and there are cells for Darvishes, and a bath.
Over the gateway the following chronogram is inscribed:-
When
Bukkan Khan, of high dignity,
Built
this sacred mosque,
The
invisible voice said for the date of its foundation:-
In
this place a second Kdaba has been built.
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