It is a square edifice which is mostly built of wood with spaces filled by dressed bricks. It is embellished with wooden mouldings and beautiful carvings over doors and windows. The roof is crowned by steeple shaped pinnacle. It was constructed by Sultan Sikandar in 1395. This is one of the architectural landmarks of Kashmir.
The main building is in plan a square, 70 x 70 feet and is two storeys tall. The pyramidal roof projecting over the whole structure is three tiered, surmounted by an open pavilion for teh muezzin, over which rises the steeple with its final 125 feet from the ground.
Khanqah was twice destroyed by fire, in 1479 and 1731. The present mosque was rebuilt by Abul Barkat Khan in 1732.
The main building is in plan a square, 70 x 70 feet and is two storeys tall. The pyramidal roof projecting over the whole structure is three tiered, surmounted by an open pavilion for teh muezzin, over which rises the steeple with its final 125 feet from the ground.
Khanqah was twice destroyed by fire, in 1479 and 1731. The present mosque was rebuilt by Abul Barkat Khan in 1732.
In 1372 AD Hamadani migrated to Kashmir. He descended where the Masjid now stands, and told the Hindu fakir to depart. He refused, upon which Shah Hamadan said that if he would bring him news from heaven, he would then believe that he was a great man. The fakir, who had the care of numerous images, immediately despatched one of them to heaven, upon which Shah Hamadan kicked his slipper after it with such force that the image fell to the ground. He then asked the fakir how he became so great a man; he replied, by doing charitable actions; upon which Shah Hamadan thought him worthy of being made a convert to Islam; and in a few days so many more followed his example that five maunds of Juneos, or sacred strings worn by the Brahmans, were delivered up by the Hindu proselytes. The converted fakir himself was called Shaikh Baba Wali. Whatever the religious value of this story, it is certain that the Sayyid must have been a personage of great importance, inasmuch as a number of shrines throughout the valley have been dedicated to his memory.
Hamadani went to Mecca, and returned to Kashmir in 1379, stayed for two and a half years, and then went to Central Asia by way of Ladakh. He returned to Kashmir for a third time in 1383 and left because of ill health. Hamadani is regarded as having brought various crafts and industries from Iran into Kashmir; it is said that he brought with him 700 followers, including some weavers of carpets and shawls, who taught the craft of pashmina textile and carpet-making to the local population
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