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History Of Adina Mosque

Malda , West Bengal, India
The Adina Mosque, located in the ancient capital of Pandua (P?ndu?), is an imposing ruin and one of the most important architectural landmarks in the entire subcontinent. Commissioned around $1373 ext{ AD}$ by Sultan Sikandar Shah, the second ruler of the Ilyas Shahi dynasty, it was conceived as a monumental structure to proclaim the imperial power of the Bengal Sultanate, especially after their successful resistance against the Delhi Sultanate. At the time of its completion, it was the largest mosque in the whole of India. The mosque s design is strongly reminiscent of the Great Mosque of Damascus, featuring a vast rectangular hypostyle hall and an enormous open courtyard. It originally boasted hundreds of domes (estimates suggest over 387 bays) supported by a complex network of pillars. While massive earthquakes in the 19th and 20th centuries severely damaged the structure, reducing much of it to ruins, the sheer scale of the western wall (Qibla wall) and the central nave's monumental ribbed barrel vault a feature borrowed from pre-Islamic Sasanian Persia and a first in Bengal still inspires awe. Inside the complex, Sultan Sikandar Shah is also buried in a tomb chamber attached to the main prayer hall, facing Mecca. The complex is historically significant not just for its size but for its reuse of materials, as some sections display carvings of non-Islamic motifs, reflecting the utilization of stone from earlier structures in the region.
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