Old Masjid of Bhati

     The Masjid is situated in the Lakarhara street of the Bhati Gate quarters.  It is situated on a lofty platform, and is reached by a flight steps.  From its elevated position it is called the Unchi Masit.  The mosque is ascribed to a Mashki, or water carrier, of Akbar’s time.  A Tughra inscription on an arch of the central hall shows that the mosque was built in the time of Akbar.  It was rebuilt in recent times.  The following is the inscription on the outer gate:- 

            What a fine new doorway of the mosque is this!

            Before whose arch every body bows his head!

            When it was built the architect of reason said,

            This is the gate to the eternal Paradise A.D.

Masjid of Tibbi Bazaar

This is a large masjid, situated in the Tibbi Bazar, west of the Tahsil Court, by the side of the road leading to the Bhati Gate.  The inscription on the front arch shows that it was built by Ghulam Mahdi Khan in the time of Shah Jahan.  During the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh it was used as a store-house for powder.  It is now used as a place of worship by the Mahomedans. 

 Mosque of Abdulla Khan

            This is another mosque of kansi or enameled pottery work in the city.  It is situated close the Taxali Gate, and is also called the Taxl-wali-Masjid, from its proximity to the royal mints estblished here by Shah Jahan.  The founder ws Abdulla Khan, Naib of Fidai Kha, the foster-brother of Aurangzeb, the builder of the Badshahi mosque.  The masjid was built about the same period as the imperial mosque, and had been in possession of the Hindus, but was restored to the Mahomedans in 1868.  During the Sikh time artillery lines were located to the north of it, but these have since been leveled to the north of it, but these have since been leveled with the ground.  North-east of this is a very large old well, shaded by a spacious banyan tree.