KUSUMBA MOSQUE 1558 A.D.

Kusumba mosque, termed as the Black Gem of Bengal, is situated at the village Kusumba in Naogaon. According to an inscription it was erected by a patron Sulayman in 966A.H./1558A.D. during the reign of Ghiyath al-Din Shah (Hasan 1987:231). It is located on the west bank of a big tank measuring 381 m by 274 m.There is a big courtyard in front of the mosque surrounded by a low boundary wall. This mosque is still in a good state. Stone was scarce and was used to build the finest edifices in Bengal. Only six stone mosques exist in greater Bengal that was built during the early Islamic or Sultanate period. Kusumba mosque is one of them. Stones of this mosque are dark black-basalt which was shipped from Rajmahal hill of Bihar.