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The "mosque" that had been repurposed by the Sikh forces into a powder magazine and got cannoned during the '48 siege — Cunningham's "Jami Masjid" — is inside the fort-complex proper. There is a mosque at 30.199065,71.473868 — very close to Cunningham's ruins "atop a mound" — but I am uncertain of the antiquity of the present-day structure. In contrast, the seven-domed mosque whose photograph, geo-coordinates, and architectural details adorn our article (unsure about the foundational history) is far away from the fort and, hence, is a different structure.TrangaBellam (talk) 17:32, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This confusion between the two mosques is also visible at many other usually-reliable websites. For example, 1. TrangaBellam (talk) 18:45, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]