Kabuli Bagh Mosque

The Kabuli Bagh Mosque in Panipat was built in 1527 by the emperor Babur to mark his victory over Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi at the first Battle of Panipat in 1526. The mosque located in Panipat is named after Kabuli Begum, Babur's wife.LocationThe mosque located in Kabul Bagh Colony, Panipat in Panipat district is at a distance of from Panipat town.HistoryConstruction of MosqueThe main building was built in 1527. Emperor Babur of Timurid dynasty defeated Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi in the first Battle of Panipat in 1526 at Panipat. It was the first conquest of the Mughals over Hindustan. A descendent of Tamerlane(Taimur Lung) who built this monument as a show of victory of the Mughals over the Pathan rulers of India. He built the Kabuli Bagh mosque in 1527.Addition of Gates and Garden (1)In 1527, the gate and the garden surrounding it were built.Addition of Gates and Garden (2)In 1557, when Babur's son Humayun defeated Sher Shah Suri near Panipat in, he added a masonry Platform to it and called it ‘Chabutra" Fateh Mubarak, bearing the inscription 934 Hijri (1557 CE). These buildings and the garden still exist under the name of Kabuli Bagh called so after Babur’s wife – Mussammat Kabuli begum.ArchitectureIts architecture is to some extent a replica of royal mosques in Samarkhand with large arched domes. Babur could not replicate the Timurid architecture fully as trained artisans and engineers were not available in India in creating this type of architecture.