From the 14th century, a group of Muslim immigrants from present-day Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Kashmir and other countries and regions, as well as China's Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai and other areas, began to settle in Shigatse. In 1343 CE, Muslims raised funds and the mosque was completed.[3] In the Qianlong period, the Qing government decided to station troops in Jiangzi, Shigatse. Part of the army from Sichuan, Shaanxi area who were stationed in Shigats, formed a small Muslim settlement and repaired the mosque. At the time, it was the only mosque in Shigatse.[4][5][6]
The Shigatse Mosque is a Tibetan-style flat-roofed building, sitting west to east, with a floor area of 320 square metres (3,400 sq ft). The mosque is rectangular in shape. There are doors on both sides of a more than 10-metre-high (33 ft) Xuanli minaret, which has an iron, crescent-shaped tip. The mosque is listed as a Cultural Relics Protection Unit in Shigatse.[7][8][9]
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