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14. • THE WORLD TRADE CENTER (WTC) WAS A COMPLEX OF SEVEN BUILDINGS IN LOWER
MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY THAT WAS DESTROYED IN THE SEPTEMBER 11,2001.
• EARLY ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, NINETEEN HIJACKERS TOOK CONTROL OF
FOUR COMMERCIAL AIRLINERS EN ROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES FROM
BOSTON, NEW YORK, AND WASHINGTON, D.C.[11] AT 8:46 A.M., AMERICAN AIRLINES
FLIGHT 11 CRASHED INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER'S NORTH TOWER, FOLLOWED BY
UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 175, WHICH HIT THE SOUTH TOWER AT 9:03 A.M.
• THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 2,996 DEATHS, INCLUDING THE 19 HIJACKERS AND 2,977 VICTIMS.
THE VICTIMS WERE DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS: 246 ON THE FOUR PLANES (FROM WHICH
THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS), 2,606 IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE TOWERS
• MORE THAN 90 COUNTRIES LOST CITIZENS IN THE ATTACKS ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.

16. • KAABA= THE CUBE
• THE HOUSE OF ALLAH, THE FIRST PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR MANKIND
• ARCHITECT: HAZRAT JIBRAEL A.S.
• LABOUR: HAZRAT IBRAHIM A.S AND HIS SON HAZRAT ISMAIL A.S
• HAJR-E-ASWAD TO EAST
• START OF CIRMCUMVENT FROM HAJR-E-ASWAD, ANTICLOCKWISE MOTION
• BEEN THOUSAND YEARS SINCE KA’ABA’S FOUR RECONSTRUCTIONS
• CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL: GRANITE FROM FIVE MOUNTAINS
• ITS MAJOR (LONG) AXIS IS ALIGNED WITH THE RISING OF THE STAR CANOPUS TOWARD WHICH ITS
SOUTHERN WALL IS DIRECTED, WHILE ITS MINOR AXIS (ITS EAST-WEST FACADES) ROUGHLY ALIGN WITH
THE SUNRISE OF SUMMER SOLSTICE AND THE SUNSET OF WINTER SOLSTICE

18. • FAISAL MOSQUE IS THE NATIONAL MOSQUE OF PAKISTAN.
• THE MOSQUE FEATURES A CONTEMPORARY DESIGN CONSISTING OF EIGHT SIDES OF CONCRETE SHELL
AND IS INSPIRED BY A BEDOUIN TENT.
• THE IMPETUS FOR THE MOSQUE VBEGAN IN 1966 WHEN KING FAISAL BIN ABDUL AZIZ SUPPORTED THE
INITIATIVE OF THE PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT TO BUILD A NATIONAL MOSQUE IN ISL AMABAD DURING AN
OFFICIAL VISIT TO PAKISTAN.
• THE MOSQUE WAS COMPLETED IN 1986.
• THE FAISAL MOSQUE IS THE WORK OF TURKISH ARCHITECT VEDAT DALOKAY, WHO WON THE AGA KHAN
AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE FOR THE PROJECT.
• THE FAISAL MOSQUE HAS COVERED AREA OF 5,000 M2 (54,000 SQ FT). IT CAN ACCOMMODATE
10,000 WORSHIPERS IN ITS MAIN PRAYER HALL.
• 24,000 IN ITS PORTICOES, 40,000 IN ITS COURTYARD, AND ANOTHER 200,000 IN ITS ADJOINING
GROUNDS.

20. • MINAR-E-PAKISTAN IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTRY.
• MINAR-E-PAKISTAN IS SITUATED IN IQBAL PARK LAHORE, AT THE INTERSECTION OF CIRCULAR ROAD AND
MULTAN ROAD, SURROUNDED BY BADSHAHI MOSQUE, SHAHI KILLAH, AZAADI CHOWK, LARI ADA AND
THE MODERN PARK
• MINAR-E-PAKISTAN WAS BUILT TO COMMEMORATE THE LAHORE RESOLUTION WHICH ON 23RD MARCH
1940, IN WHICH MUSLIM LEAGUE, ONLY POLITICAL PARTY OF MUSLIMS OF THE INDIAN SUB-
CONTINENT, DEMANDED THE SEPARATE HOME LAND FOR MUSLIMS OF SUB-CONTINENT.
• MANY WOULD NOT KNOW WHO THE ARCHITECT OF THIS BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE WAS - THE MINAR
WAS DESIGNED BY NASEER UD DIN MIRA'AT KHAN
• THE BASE IS ABOUT 8 METRES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE TOWER RISES ABOUT 62 METRES ON THE BASE,
THE TOTAL HEIGHT OF THE MINAR IS ABOUT 70 METRES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE UNFOLDING PETALS
OF THE FLOWER-LIKE BASE ARE 9 METRES HIGH. THE DIAMETER OF THE TOWER IS ABOUT 9.75 METERS.

22. • IT WAS BUILT IN MUGHAL ERA, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MUGHAL EMPEROR AURANGZEB
.HE IS MORE POPULARLY KNOWN AS AURANGZEB, OR BY HIS CHOSEN GRAND TITLE ALAMGIR
("CONQUEROR OF THE WORLD"),
• BADSHAHI MASJID OR ROYAL MOSQUE IS THE SECOND LARGEST MOSQUE IN PAKISTAN
• HE WAS THE SIXTH MUGHAL EMPEROR, WHOSE CONTROL LASTED FOR 49 YEARS.
• THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MOSQUE IS A MIXTURE OF MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES. THE
STRUCTURE WAS COVERED WITH REDSTONE AND THE FOUR DOMES WERE COVERED BY WHITE
MARBLE
• IT IS THE FIFTH LARGEST MOSQUE IN THE WORLD
• IT IS CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING 5,000 WORSHIPPERS IN ITS MAIN PRAYER HALL AND
FURTHER 95,000 IN ITS COURTYARD

24. • THE LAHORE FORT, LOCALLY REFERRED TO AS SHAHI QILA IS CITADEL OF THE CITY OF
LAHORE, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN. IT IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE
WALLED CITY OF LAHORE. THE TRAPEZOIDAL COMPOSITION IS SPREAD OVER 20
HECTARES.
• ORIGINS OF THE FORT GO AS FAR BACK AS ANTIQUITY, HOWEVER, THE EXISTING BASE
STRUCTURE WAS BUILT DURING THE REIGN OF MUGHAL EMPEROR AKBAR (1556-1605),
• THE FORT WAS RENOVATED, UPGRADED AND EXPANDED DURING THE REIGNS OF
JAHANGIR, SHAH JAHAN, AND AURANGZEB. DURING SIKH REGIME, MAHARAJA RANJIT
SINGH ADDED SEVERAL PAVILIONS ON THE UPPER RAMPARTS.
• MODIFICATIONS TO THE FORT WERE MADE DURING BRITISH RULE THAT CONSISTED
MAINLY OF CONVERTING OLDER BUILDINGS INTO HOSPITALS, BARRACKS, ETC.

26. • THE BIG BEN CLOCK TOWER WAS FULLY OPERATIONAL ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1859.
THE BIG BEN CLOCK IS USED TO RING IN THE LONDON NEW YEAR AND IS A
RALLYING POINT FOR THE NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATION OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF
ENGLAND.
• THE NAME BIG BEN ACTUALLY REFERS TO THE BELL HOUSED WITHIN THE TOWER.
• THE FOUR CLOCK ARE EACH 23 FEET IN DIAMETER. CERTAIN PIECES OF THE CLOCK
FACE OF THE BIG BEN IN LONDON HAVE BEEN DESIGNED FOR EASY REMOVAL
• THE ENGINEERING OF THE CLOCK IS SUCH THAT THE ACTUAL MECHANISMS OF THE
CLOCK ARE WELL PROTECTED FROM CLIMATE CHANGES.

28. • AL-MASJID AN-NABAWI IS A MOSQUE ESTABLISHED AND ORIGINALLY BUILT BY THE PROPHET
MUHAMMAD.
• THIS MOSQUE WAS THE SECOND MOSQUE BUILT AFTER MASJID QUBA WHICH WAS BUILT DURING HIS
JOURNEY TO MADINAH FROM MECCA
• IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PROPHET’S MOSQUE.
• IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MOSQUES IN THE WORLD.
• IT WAS A VERY SIMPLE AND MODEST STRUCTURE MEASURING NOT MORE THAN 98 FEET X 115 FEET.
• MUD WALLS
• STONE FOUNDATION
• TRUNKS, BRANCHES AND
• LEAVES OF PALM TREES

30. • FOLLOWING THE PEACE OF ZSITVATOROK (1606) AND THE UNFAVOURABLE RESULT OF THE WARS
WITH PERSIA,
• SULTAN AHMED I DECIDED TO BUILD A HUGE MOSQUE IN ISTANBUL.
• IT WOULD BE THE FIRST GREAT IMPERIAL MOSQUE TO BE BUILT IN MORE THAN FORTY YEARS.
• HE HAD NOT WON ANY NOTABLE VICTORIES DURING HIS TIME.
• CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOSQUE STARTED IN AUGUST 1609 WHEN THE SULTAN HIMSELF CAME TO
BREAK THE
• FIRST SOD. IT WAS HIS INTENTION THAT THIS WOULD BECOME THE FIRST MOSQUE OF HIS EMPIRE.
• ARCHITECT(S) SEDEFKÂR MEHMED AGA
• COMPLETED 1616
• DESIGN IS CLUMINATION OF TWO CENTURIES OF OTTOMAN MOSQUE

31. ▪ AL BRAJ AL BAIT, MAKKAH

32. ▪ AL BRAJ AL BAIT, MAKKAH
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