What is Darasbari Mosque?
'''Darasbari Mosque''' is a [[mosque]] with a lot of [[history]]. It was built in the year 1479 in the city of Shibganj, [[Upazila]], in the Chapai Nawabganj District of [[Bangladesh]]. It is located about one kilometer away from Kotwali Gate and half a kilometre from Choto Sona Mosque. The mosque was built by a sultan named Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah, son of Barbak Shah. It is made of [[Brick|bricks]], but the pillars are made of [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|stone]]. It used to have a [[roof]] with 24 [[Dome|domes]] and 4 chachalaca vaults, but now they have all fallen down. The [[mosque]] is 34 meters long and 20.6 meters wide on the outside, 30.3 meters long and 11.7 meters wide on the inside. The prayer room is accessed from the east through seven pointed-[[arch]] openings from the [[verandah]]. There are also three pointed archways on the southern wall and two on the northern wall. Inside the prayer chamber, there are the remains of a royal gallery to its northwest corner. The qiblah wall has eleven [[Mihrab|mihrabs]], two of which belong to the royal gallery at the upper level. The mosque used to have [[terracotta]] plaques that were decorated, but some of them have disappeared over time. The architecture of this [[mosque]] is known as Bengali Sultanate Architecture, which is a combination of local and Sultanate styles. It represents the people, land, air, and water of the region. The Sultanate style was used by the Sultans who ruled [[Bengal]] for a long time. This style is famous for making [[Mosque|mosques]] and [[Tomb|tombs]] in [[Bangladesh]]. ==Reference== {{reflist}} [[Category:Mosques in Bangladesh]] [[Category:15th-century buildings and structures]] {{religion-stub}}