Mosque of Nawab Zakria Khan

  To the west of this shrine is the mosque of Nawab Zakaria Khan, Governor of Lahore during the reign of Mahomed Shah.  The following Persian verses are inscribed on the front arch in blue letters of enamelled pottery work, showing that the mosque was built in 1144 A.H. (1731 A.D.)

       “In the time of the king, the asylum of the country,

      Muhammad Shah, the king of Hindustan.

      The learned, the just, the benevolent of the age,

      In the field of battle like a fierce lion,

      The most distinguished of His Majesty’s court,

      Whose ill-wisher, even if he is Jamshed,

      Is trembling, through fear, like a cane,

      And a man of such great celebrity that the fame of his virtue

      Has spread in all directions like the scent of a flower,

      Built, at his own costs, a well and a mosque,

      Lofty, splendid, and imposing.

      Merely in the name of God has he constructed this edifice,

      That the devotees might perform their pray

      And future reward resulting from such prayers

      Be bestowed on its founder.

      O God ! protect it with Thy grace

      And preserve it from destruction

      He built this substantial mosque,

      Together with  fair well,

      Close to the mausoleum of the Holy Saint,

      Possessing the knowledge of the mysteries of God,

      He who is known under the title of Lal Husain,

      The dust of whose shoes is as antimony for the eyes.

      When the mason, built with unique skill,

      This mosque and well,

      The date of the foundation was

      The good mosque (illegible).

 Another chronogram

       This place of private and public worship

      Was founded by the chief of virtuous fame.

      Whoever should desire to know the date of its foundation,

      Let him be informed that it is one thousand one hundred and forty four.