Pathrail Mosque ( bn, পাথরাইল মসজিদ), also known as Majlis Aulia Mosque ( ar, ), is an Islamic place of worship located in the

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. It is 4 km south from Polia which is 8 km 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 Sultanate of Bengal (Middle Bengali language, Middle Bengali: শাহী বাঙ্গালা ''Shahī Baṅgala'', Classical Persian: ''Saltanat-e-Bangālah'') was an empire based in Bengal for much of the 14th, 15th and 16th centu ...

Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah Ghiyasuddin A'zam Shah ( bn, গিয়াসউদ্দীন আজম শাহ, fa, ) was the third Sultan of Bengal and the Ilyas Shahi dynasty. He was one of the most prominent medieval Bengali sultans. He established diplomatic relatio ...

, 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

mazar Mazar of Al-Mazar may refer to: *Mazar (mausoleum); often but not always Muslim mausoleum or shrine. Places *Mazar (toponymy), a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning shrine, grave, tomb, etc. *Mazar, Afghanistan, a village in Balkh Pro ...

of the medieval Muslim preacher Majlis Abdullah Khan.

Construction

Architectural design of Pathrail Mosque is similar to the

Choto Sona Mosque Choto Shona Mosque ( bn, ছোট সোনা মসজিদ, ''Small Golden Mosque'') is located in Chapai Nawabganj district of Bangladesh. The mosque is situated about south of the Kotwali Gate and to the south-east of the Mughal Tahakhana ...

and

Bagha Mosque Bagha Mosque ( bn, বাঘা মসজিদ) is a mosque located at Bagha, southeast of Rajshahi in Bangladesh. History The mosque was built in 1523-1524 (930 AH) by Sultan Nusrat Shah, son of Alauddin Shah, the founder of the Husain Shahi ...

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and identified the Shahi dynasty by the Department of Archaeology, Bangladesh. 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 2 m wide and occupies 21.79 m x 8.60 m area. Height is max 6.5 m. There are five

Mihrab Mihrab ( ar, محراب, ', 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 w ...

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. Ancient time, people of this area suffered for drinking water. Pathrail Dighi a big tank dug in the same period for the locality besides the mosque on 32.15 acre land to solve scarce of water and for worship facilities. Graves of famous Majlish Abdullah Khan and Fakir Solimuddin in the south of the mosque.

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