Type: Monument - Mosque
Province: Sindh
District: Jacobabad
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 18th Century CE
Description: Mosque is located in village and deh Jan Muhammad, taluka Kashmore, district Jacobabad. Bakhshah Pur is in south-east, shah wah is about 12 km in north. Haji Noor Din is in the west, Kahsmore is about 24 km in the east. Two pillars support main entrance, above these pillars are minarets with finial and in between these pillars, there is grill having birds and geometrical designs. There are three doors in prayer hall. Front portion of prayer hall have two large and two small turrets with finials. There is a series of battlement and crown on top of eastern wall of prayer hall. Floor of the mosque was renovated 20 years ago. It measures 16 m x 12 m x 15 m. Burnt bricks, lime plaster, cheroli, glaze tiles are construction materials. Mosque is rectangular in plan and decorated with Quranic verses and Persian inscription on eastern and western wall and on roof. Mosque is also decorated with turrets, finials, crowns, geometrical and birds pattern screen, battlements, glaze tiles. It exists in good condition and probably associated with Kalhora period of Sindh.
Latitude: 28.381944444
Longitude: 69.333333333
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Survey and Documentation of Archaeological Sites and Monuments (1995-2001)
Published In: Unpublished Survey by Federal Department of Archaeology and Museums
Year of Publication: 1995-2001
Bibliography/Reference: Federal Department of Archaeology and Museums, Islamabad.
