[2] Maryam Zamani, a Hindu princess by birth,[15][16][17] married into a Muslim community[18][19] and traded on Christian dominated waterways without being constrained by religious impediments.

[12] The mosque remained frequented for prayer by the Mughal nobility and the common man alike for more than two hundred years until it turned into a gunpowder factory.

[22][1] In 1850 A.D., Major McGregor, then Deputy Commissioner of Lahore, restored the mosque to the Muslims, along with shops and houses attached to it,[22][1] and it acquired its now official name, "Masjid Mariyam Zamani.

The mosque's central bay is in the style of the Persian Char Taq, and is flanked by one smaller dome on either side.

It is constructed of brick masonry and rendered with plaster and is a massive structure representing a transitional phase of the architecture between the Lodi and the Mughal periods.

On the east, along the gate, is a 17 feet wide platform on which stands an enclosure consisting of an octagonal domed tomb and some other modern graves.

A modern roof of reinforced Badaun and elsewhere in the subcontinent gives us an idea of their gradual development and the perfection which was achieved during the Mughal period.

[30] "These paintings are unrivalled in Pakistan and perhaps in India "for their delicacy and lively variety" and for their harmonious golden tone, which is due only in part to age.

The endless variety of geometric floral and inscriptional designs spread over the interior surface in a subtle colour scheme is a characteristic not seen elsewhere.

[11][7] The ceilings of tomb Itimad-ud-Daula, with their richly polychromed net vaulting and stellate forms, are a more refined version of those at Maryam Zamani mosque.

[7] While the inscription over the eastern gateway reads, a prayer of the Empress Mariam-uz-Zamani for her son Jahangir:[1] May the Conqueror of the world, Emperor Nur-ud-Din Muhammad, shine in the world like the sun and moon, oh God!Over an archway on the northern end of the mosque is a final inscription that reads:[1] So said the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, "The faithful in a mosque are as fish in water!