Two minaret Mosque or in Kurdish language (Du Minara)
It is a mosque in the city of Saqqez, 1750 AD. The old Mosque of Du Minara is located in the city of Saqqez in Sanandaj Governorate, east of Kurdistan. The mosque with two minarets leads from the north to a three-meter-wide alley bordered by Naryn Castle, from the south to the open Hazkhana area, from the west to a four-meter-wide corridor, and from the east to a one-meter-wide alley corridor. The history of building the Du Minara Mosque dates back to the end of the Afsharid rule and the beginning of the Zand rule of eastern Kurdistan. And local narrations say that the Afshari king Nader Shah , while passing through the city of Saqqez on his way to Baghdad, ordered the construction of this mosque, in response to the request of the Kurdish sheikh (Sheikh Hassan Mulanabad), who wanted to build a mosque for the people of Saqqez, and it is still there. Some of the city's residents call this mosque the name Sheikh Hassan Mulanabad Mosque, And Sheikh Hassan Mulan Abad was one of the most famous mystics and mathematicians in Kurdistan during the days of Afshari rule. Nadir Shah Al-Afshari met him when he passed through the Saqqez region during his travel to Baghdad, and during that meeting Sheikh Hassan Molanabad asked Nadir Shah to build a mosque for the people of Saqqez, and Nadir Shah agreed to his request. Nadir Shah also presented Sheikh Hassan Mulan with two inlaid canes and a beautiful colored leather tablecloth. These gifts are still kept in the village Mulanabad, the birthplace of Sheikh Hassan Mulanabad, where his grave is also located in that village. There is also a handwritten volume of the Holy Qur’an in the shrine of Sheikh Hassan Mulanabad, dating back to the end of the Afshari period of eastern Kurdistan. Most of the homes in this area are located on a sloped roof. And in order for the mosque to be built on a flat surface, a platform of rubble stones with a height of about 4 to 4.5 meters was created before the mosque was built, then the mosque was built on this stone platform, In front of the mosque there is a gallery that is believed to have been used to perform prayers in the summer seasons. The engineering design of the Du Minara mosque is square in shape, and the materials used in its construction are: raw clay, mortar shells, rubble stones, bricks, and wood , The entrance to the mosque is located in the western part, as for the entrance gate, it is built of bricks with Chinese knot weaving and yellow tiles, and this indicates that the date of building the entrance gate of the mosque dates back to the beginning of the Kurdish Zand era (1750 AD - 1794 AD), And through the entrance door, it is possible to access the portico of the mosque directly, through a graded corridor consisting of 9 stairs, In the courtyard of the mosque there are two minarets located in the eastern part of that corridor, which can be accessed through a separate door. And the height of the roof of the courtyard is 2.8 meters, which is based, like the rest of the mosques in that area, on four round wooden columns. The roof of this mosque was thatched until the year 1985 AD, and in that year the straw cover was removed and its roof was completely asphalted. Most of the sections of the mosque date back to the end of the Afsharid period of rule and the beginning of the Zandi period and the characteristics of that era. According to these interpretations, we can confirm that the mosque is linked to the Afsharid and Zandi periods. It was rebuilt and minor repairs were carried out in the following ages.[1] [2]