Mosque of Mohamed Amin

       Behing the well-known mausoleum of Bibi Pak Daman, southeast of Lahore, is a grand mosque, now in a dilapidated condition.  It has three domes, one large and one small on either side of it.  Over the arched entrances are Arabic and Persian inscriptions in enameled blue letters on yellow glazed pottery work of great elegance and beauty.  The upper story is reached by stairs of solid masonry work, on the north and south.  The floor of the mosque is of brick, but is now much damaged.  Over the northern arch is the inscription:-

            All beings are perishable; durability is only for God, the Glorious and venerable.

             Over the middle arch is the inscription:-

             Hasten thou for prayers before death and the Kalima, or Mahomedan Confession of Faith, in Arabic characters, with the words Ya Fattaho (O solver of difficulties), which is one of the 99 attributes of God.

             Over the southern arch is this inscription:-

             Verily he only constructs the temples of God, who has faith in God and in the day of Judgment.

             The mosque was built by Mahomed Amin Beg, a Moghal, an Omera of the Court of Zakaria Khan, Khan Bahadur, Viceroy of Lahore, about the time when the Nawab built his mosque of Begampura.  The descendants of mahomed Amin Beg flourish at Lahore in Mohalla Chouhatta, Mochi Gate quarters.  The style of building and the enameled pottery work exactly resembe those of the mosque of Nawab Khan bahadur in begampura.  

            East of the Masjid was the garden of mahomed Amin Beg, but the land is now under cultivation.