ADINA MASJID

@Its central prayer room in the west seems to have been covered by a tunnel-vault roof, which has collapsed. On most of the stone- covered west walls apart from the brick made upper part, beautiful and magnificent decorations can be seen, including mihrab decorated by double-arches in the centre. These decorations with the minbar having two canopies at the upper and the lower parts, create a dignity matching to the qibla wall of this grand mosque. This can be viewed from the back of the main prayer room in the west. In a part of the north side of the west corridor, there are two-tired rooms divided by arch-shaped partitions and supported by thick, short polygonnal pillars. There is a theory that it was made as a room for women, zanana, which is present in some South Asian mosques. Another theory assumes that it was a room for a King named "Badshahi ka takht (imperial throne)" and his family or relatives. In the west part of the second floor of the room with small domed ceiling, there is a majestically decorated qubla wall and a mihrab.

@There is a theory that this magnificent mosque was built following the example of the Begamupur Masjid, still remaining in Delhi, considered to have been built by Muhammad bin Tugulq. There are surely some similarities. There is no entrance gate of an appropriate size in the eastern corridor of this mosque. Some scholars suggest that people entered the mosque from a small entrance, having three span in the southeast part of the east corridor, judging from the current state of the remains. However, this structure is curious when viewd as a large scale Friday Mosque. I personally assume this structure was constructed for security or other reasons. It should also be mentioned that there remains a ditch in a part of the east wall. (Matsuo Ara)

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