"The Jami Masjid is the largest masjid at Jaunpur ; its erection was ordered for the convenience of Hazrat Khwaja Is, who used to suffer much during his walk to the Khlis Mukhlis Masjid. The foundation was laid in A.H. 8i2, or A.D. 14-38 ; it is said that the date of the completion of the masjid was found in the words Masjid Jami us sliarq which were engraved on the front of the eastern gate. This would fix the date in A.H. 852 during the reign of Mahmud Shah Sharqi, According to some people, the inscription on the eastern gate was At Masjid Jami us sa’g', which would make the date A.H. 883, during the reign of Husain Shah. The plan of the Jami Masjid is essentially the same as that of the Atala Masjid; but there are many differences, of which the most remarked is the high platform on which it stands, all the other masjids being raised but little above the ground level. Another difference is the piling up the cloisters to the height of three storeys on each side of the gateway. The shafts of the pillars are all square and plain, and on many of them there are socket holes for iron cramps which tell their own tale of ha^dng been brought from some earlier Hindu temple. The masjid proper is 235 feet long by 59 feet broad."