The Pathrail Mosque (), also known as Majlis Aulia Mosque (), is a

mosque A mosque ( ), also called a masjid ( ), is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Salah, Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard. Originally, mosques were si ...

located in the Bhanga Upazila, in the

Faridpur District Faridpur District () is a district in south-central Bangladesh. It is a part of Dhaka Division. It is bounded by the Padma River to the northeast. The district was named for its headquarters, the city of Faridpur, Bangladesh, Faridpur, which its ...

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. The mosque is situated south from Polia, which is east by the Bhanga-Mawa highway from 'Bhanga Square' associated with Faridpur-Barishal highway from Faridpur District.

History

The Pathrail Mosque was built during the reign of the

Sultan of Bengal The Bengal Sultanate (Middle Bengali: , Classical Persian: ) was a Post-classical history, late medieval sultanate based in the Bengal region in the eastern South Asia between the 14th and 16th century. It was the dominant power of the Ganges- ...

Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah Ghiyasuddin A'zam Shah (, ) was the third Sultan of Bengal and the Ilyas Shahi dynasty. He was one of the most prominent medieval Bengali sultans. He established diplomatic relations with the Ming Empire of China, pursued cultural contacts with ...

, between 1393 and 1410 (or 1493–1519). It is currently known as 'Majlis Aulia Mosque', and shortly 'Awlia Mosque'. The mosque is adjacent to the

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of Majlis Abdullah Khan, a medieval Muslim preacher.

Construction

The architectural design of Pathrail Mosque is similar to the Choto Sona Mosque and

Bagha Mosque The Bagha Mosque () is a mosque located at Bagha, southeast of Rajshahi in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. History The mosque was built in by Sultan Nusrat Shah, son of Alauddin Shah, the founder of the Husain Shahi dynasty. Later, the ...

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and identified the Shahi dynasty by the Department of Archaeology, Bangladesh. The historical Pathrail Mosque is rectangular shaped. There are ten domes with same height arranged over the roof supporting by the inside vim. The roof is lightly curved like nail. Five outlet doorways are in the east and two each in the north and west side. Four pillars are in the corner to strengthen the wall and same quantity pillars are separately stand inside of the structure and divided the floor in two aisles. Each wall is wide and the prayer hall occupies . The maximum height of the mosques is . There are five ''

Mihrab ''Mihrab'' (, ', pl. ') is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the ''qibla'', the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a ''mihrab'' appears is thus the "''qibla'' wall". ...

s'' faced towards the eastern doorways at the opposite side. All the doorways arches look like vault and middle one is bigger showing rectangular projection. Wall of the mosque is ornamented by rectangular

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. Varieties of decorative designs are floral scrolls, rosettes, cusped arch motifs, diaper including hanging patterns. In ancient times, people of this area had poor access to drinking water. A large water tank was completed in the same period, situated besides the mosque, on the site. Graves of famous Majlish Abdullah Khan and Fakir Solimuddin in the south of the mosque.

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