Description
In the midst of the ruins of the old town of Khudabad stands the great massive Kalhor period (18th Century CE) Jamia Masjid. It is lavishly decorated with enameled tiles. The entrance of the mosque is lavishly decorated with panels of local Sindhi tiles on either side. It was built of Mian Yar Muhammad Kalhoro during his reign (1701-1718). The floral patterns are disposed more or less in geometrical forms. It represents a tall and graceful plant lily order whose leaves, flowers and buds sprout from the central stem and fall over right and left in easy natural curves. The prayer chamber is divided into two equal compartments. The eastern compartment, a roofless one is a small hall. The hall seems to have a low flat roof, providing an access to the gallery achieved at the squinch level of the western domed compartment. Massive piers supporting the elegant arches divide the western hall into three aisles, the central one larger in side than the flanking one. Each bay has an arched mihrab sunk in the western wall.
