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Kirarki Masjid, Matiari

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Kirarki Mosque is situated on the North-Western outskirts of Nasarpur town in Mohallah Misri Shah. It is a living mosque and is looked after bv the local people. Built with 8"x8"x 1 "5" size bricks, it is rectangular in plan and as usual has an open courtyard in front. The actual covered portion of die mosque is 39 feet long and 19 feet wide.

Of the three domes only the octagonal drums are left now which are decorated at places with locally made Kashi tiles. The drums are supported on four corner squinches which are Finished with Ghalib Kari work. The mosque has only two small guldastas each about five feet in height. These; have been lime plastered and are surmounted with neat enameled pinnacles. The interior of the mosque consists of three large arched pannels of mehrab shape, the central one being the largest. The main mehrab has a small opening in the centre. Perhaps there was an inscribed tablet on the central arch as is indicated by the sunken panel over there, which at present is painted dark chocolate. The courtyard is a hit lower than the prayer chamber. The main entrance of the mosque is towards north and a smaller one towards the south. The entire courtyard as well as praver chamber is paved with brick tiles which appear to be of later period. The original flooring, however, is supposed to be of Kashi tile work as in other mosques at Nasarpur.

Nothing definite could be known about the period of this mosque. According to the local belief, however, it was constructed during the Kalhora period (17th, 18th century A. D.).

[Source: Matiari The Cultural Capital of Sindh by Momin Bullo]