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The mosque is built by Yusuf Shah in 1479. It is a large mosque which once had 21 domes. The entire roof with the domes has long collapsed. The mosque has a porch on the east the roof of which has also collapsed. There are 7 arched entrances on the east. The north and south sides each have three arched entrances. There are no corner turrets or minars. The brick built mosque has intricate terracotta ornamentation, which is restricted only to floral and geometric design. Unlike the other medieval mosques of the region, the Darasbari Mosque is abandoned.
The Darasbari Mosque is an historic former mosque and now architectural monument, located in Shibganj Upazila of Chapai Nawabganj District, in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. Built in 1479 CE, the former mosque is situated approximately one kilometre to the south-west of Kotwali Gate and approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) to the west of the Choto Sona Mosque.
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Although located in Gour (West Bengal), India the gate is visible from Bangladesh side. Kotwali Darwaza once functioned as the southern gateway of the citadel of Gour. The name is probably derived from the Persian word Kotwal, literally meaning police chief. Apart from the rampant walls nothing much remains of the 15th-century gateway. Today it serves as a check post for the Border Security Force (BSF) of India.
It is a brick-built mosque with six domes and seven arched entrances. Out of the seven, five are located on the eastern side. The north and south sides have two entrances each. Each of the four corners has octagonal turrets. The mosque also has terracotta ornamentation. Nothing is known about the history of the mosque.
The Khania Dighi Masjid is a small brick-built mosque with a single dome. The mosque has a porch on the eastern side. The porch is topped with three small domes and has a triple arch entrance. The main structure and the porch have corner minars, Thus the mosque has a total of six minners. The small but elegant mosque has beautiful terracotta ornamentation depicting intricate floral and geometric design.
The tomb contains the mortal remains of Shah Niamatullah. Niamatullah died in 1664 (another source 1669) and was laid to rest in the tomb, which had previously been built by Shah Shuja. The single domed structure has arched gateways on all four sides. The corner has slender minerates.
The Tahkhana Complex houses three separate structures. The structures are related to Shah Niamatullah. Niamatullah was the spiritual guru of Shah Shuja, the elder brother of Aurangzeb. Shah Suja served as a subedar of Bengal and made frequent visits to his spiritual guru.
The masjid is built by Shah Shuja as a tribute to his spiritual guru Niamatullah. It is a three-domed mosque and with minarets at the four corners. The front part (east) part of the masjid consists of a walled elevated courtyard. The entrance to the courtyard is through a gateway from the east. The courtyard wall contains slender corner turrets and have decorative lattice screens.