Shankarpasha Shahi Masjid

Shankarpasha Shahi Masjid
শংকরপাশা শাহী মসজিদ
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Branch/tradition	Sunni
Year consecrated	1493
Status	active
Location
Location	Shankarpasha, Rajiura Union, Habiganj, Bangladesh
Architecture
Architect(s)	Shah Majlis Amin
Type	Mosque
Style	Islamic architecture
Date established	1493
Completed	1513
Specifications
Capacity	100
Length	6.5m
Width	6.5m
Dome(s)	4
Minaret(s)	1
Materials	Brick

Shankarpasha Shahi Jame Masjid, (Bengali: উচাইল শংকরপাশা শাহী মসজিদ, Arabic: شاهي مسجد شنكرفاشا) is an ancient mosque in the Habiganj Sadar Upazila of Bangladesh. It was built during the 15th century.^[1][2] It is located in the village of Uchail Shankarpasha, Rajiura Union, Habiganj.^[3]

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.^[4] 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 21 ft and 6in. The width of the verandah is slightly above 3 ft 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 5 ft apart from the western wall which is about 10 ft. 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.^[5] The mosque has three doorways, with the middle one much larger than the others.^[6] There is a minaret separate from the mosque which is not extremely tall.

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