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The mosque features extensive brickwork laid in geometric patterns, which is a decorative element unusual for Mughal era mosques, and is an element of
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which featured a single colour on each tile. The use of multicolour tiles and floral patterns reflects
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in 1812. The mosque was inscribed on the tentative UNESCO
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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1659
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1218:"Shah Jahan Mosque, Thatta"
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