How Bhopal Begum funded Northern Europe’s first mosque
Shah Jahan mosque in Woking, 30-odd miles from London Bhopal: As the sun sets on the quiet skyline of Bhopal, gold dust shines bright on the white and pink minarets of Taj-ul-Masjid. In Woking, 30 miles from London, that same glint catches the rising English sun on the green dome of a 137-year-old mosque. The…