Shankarpasha Shahi Masjid


Shankarpasha Shahi Jame Masjid,, is an ancient mosque in the Habiganj Sadar Upazila of Bangladesh. It was built during the 15th century. It is located in the village of Uchail Shankarpasha, Rajiura Union, Habiganj. It is located in the village of Shankarpasha in Rajiura Union Parishad, very close to Uchail Bazar.

History

From engraved inscriptions, it can be found that the mosque was completed in 1208 by Sultan Alauddin Husain Shah's administrative officer, Majlis Amin. Amin took part in Shah Jalal's Conquest of Gour and one of the 12 to accompany Syed Nasiruddin's expedition in Taraf. Amin's mazar is located next to the mosque. As years passed, the area became entrapped in dense vegetation and forest land. Recently, this mosque has been discovered again.

Description

It is a one-storey building. The building has the same length and width which is 21ft and 6in. The width of the verandah is slightly above 3ft wide. It has four domes. It has one large dome on the main building and three smaller domes on the verandah. There are 15 doors and windows, almost equal in size. The thickness of the walls are all roughly 5ft apart from the western wall which is about 10ft. It has six decorative pillars in the four corners of the main hall and two corners of the verandah. There is a large pond behind the mosque. The mosque has three doorways, with the middle one much larger than the others. There is a minaret separate from the mosque which is not extremely tall.

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