Krue Se Mosque
Krue Se Mosque (; , ) also called Gresik Mosque, Pitu Krue-ban Mosque () or Sultan Muzaffar Shah Mosque, is a mosque in Pattani Province, Thailand. Its construction may have begun in the 16th century. The surviving structure features a mixture of Middle Eastern and European architectural styles. History It is unclear when the mosque was first constructed, although a mosque may have been rebuilt several times at the same location. According to Hikayat Patani, a history of the Pattani Kingdom, two mosques were constructed during the reign of Sultan Muzaffar Shah (d. 1564). One of the mosques was built outside the main gate ("Pintu Gerbang") of the citadel beside the town square (padang), likely the location of the present Krue Se Mosque. It is also said that it was built around 1578–1593 during the reign of the Ayutthaya king Naresuan the Great, but left incomplete due to a power struggle between the Sultan of Patani and his brother. The bricks used for the construction of the mosque are from the latter period of the Ayudhaya era, and construction dates of 1656–1688 have been proposed, although the bricks could be from elsewhere and older than the mosque itself. At the