Masjid e Tooba

Masjid-e-Tooba () also known as Gol Masjid (), is a mosque located in the city of Karachi in Sindh province of Pakistan. It is situated near the main Korangi Road in Phase II of the Defence Housing Authority, Karachi.

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It is catalogued under topics including 20th-century mosques in Asia, Mosque buildings with domes in Pakistan and Mosque buildings with minarets in Pakistan.

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Key facts

Religious building.name: Masjid-e-Tooba
Religious building.native_name: مسجدِ طوبٰی
Religious building.native_name_lang: ur
Religious building.image: PK Karachi asv2020-02 img57 Tooba Mosque.jpg
Religious building.location: Old Korangi Road, Karachi Cantonment, Karachi, Sindh
Religious building.country: Pakistan
Religious building.religious_affiliation: Islam
Religious building.status: Mosque
Religious building.architect: Babar Hameed Chauhan
Religious building.architecture_type: Mosque
Religious building.architecture_style: Midcentury modern
Religious building.groundbreaking: 1966
Religious building.year_completed: 1969
Religious building.capacity: 5,000
Religious building.dome_quantity: 1
Religious building.minaret_quantity: 1
Religious building.materials: White Marble and Onyx with inlaid mirror pieces

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: mosque
Country: Pakistan
Located in: Karachi
Image: PK Karachi asv2020-02 img57 Tooba Mosque.jpg

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Commons category: Masjid e Tooba, Karachi
architectural style: mid-century modern
inception: 1969-00-00
maximum capacity: 5000
native label: مسجد طوبیٰ‎

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== Construction == The construction of the mosque began in 1966. It took three years and was completed in 1969. The mosque was designed by Pakistani architect Babar Hameed Chauhan and the structural engineer for the project was Zaheer Haider Naqvi. The mosque has the capacity to hold up to 5,000 people. It has praying hall under wider dome without any pillar or column. The dome has the diameter of . The mosque is built over a total area of . It has single minaret with a height of .

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