Mosque of Damqis (commentator)

The Damqis Mosque is the oly mosque i the city of Rasheed, which is asceded by a stoe staircase with woode railig i the orth-east ad southwester frots. It is surrouded by a porch, The south, was added to it some icreases i the orth-east i the year 1217 e – 1802 AD, after about a cetury of costructio ad occupies the groud floor uder the mosque stores ad hagers were suspeded o him ad this uique feature The mosque is about the rest of Rasheed mosques, the buildig material of al-Rashidi bricks ad the roof of wood. Hets stated that the mosque was established i 1106 AH – 1694 AD It is metioed i the book of the ruis of Rashid that it was established i 1116 AH – 1704 CE, but there is o evidece of these two dates has bee icluded i the texts writte i the mosque may Of the dates, but the oldest is the date metioed couts seteces writte o the marble pael istalled o the orther facade, which was metioed by the ame of the architect of the mosque, “Mustafa Gorbaji” ad the date i the words ” “It is said that the origiator is Saleh Aga Damqis. However, the documets settled the situatio, statig that the ower ad fouder of the mosque, Ahmed Agha, To date, the mosque dates back to the year 1114 AH – 1702 AD, ad its origi is Ahmed Agha Tuttmakz accordig to the oldest text of history i the mosque which metioed the ame of the egieer who built, It was expaded i 1217 AH – 1802 AD accordig to the text istalled at the top of the door leadig to iside the mosque where the date is metioed i the phrase “Tayeb ad Zarif” meaig the calculatio of the seteces date metioed. The iterior of the mosque cosists of three tiles set by two rows of harmoious marble colums that bear poited cotracts bearig the woode ceilig ad tie the cotracts woode oramets. This mosque is characterized by a curved qibla wall With tiles ad marble tiles. All the walls were also covered, which has ow bee removed, leavig oly some tiles below the walls. The Qibla Wall is oe of the most beautiful ad rare walls i the religious architecture of the city of Rasheed. oe of the walls were decorated with a variety of floral ad marble motifs. The mihrab is a semicircular, poited, tapered ecklace, based o two colums of marble, each with a crowed crow The miaret is adjacet to the orther wall, which has three floors ad a balcoy that is decorated with muqarasat. The miaret is decorated with strips of kashai tiles.