Masjid Mai Lado

Country : Pakistan

City : Lahore

Dynasty : Mughal

Condition : Satisfactory

Owned By : Auqaf Department

Address : 92 Chamberlain Rd, Anarkali Bazaar Jogi Mohalla Gawalmandi, Lahore, Punjab 54000

Mai Lado was one of the wet nurses of the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan. There is some controversy regarding the exact lifetime of Dai Lado. Latif places her as the wet nurse of Emperor Jahangir. However, Nur Ahmed Chishti's account seems plausible, according to which 'Lado Dai' was a midwife who delivered Shah Jahan and rose to eminence during his reign. The pious woman this mosque, which is located at the crossing of the busy area near Mayo Hospital and at Nisbet Road and turn towards Hall Road to the south. Mai Lado built the mosque and a madrassah in her lifetime, building them in the midst of her estate and gardens, once known as Talla Muhallah (an area which encompassed the present Mayo Hospital, Serai Rattan Chand, and Bharat Buildings). She and her husband were both buried in the courtyard of the mosque.