[1] The mosque was opened in 1890 by Damsah, a Muslim cloth merchant from British Raj (present-day India).

During World War II, the mosque become a hiding places for the town Muslim populations from the Japanese.

The Japanese military believes the mosque could also become the hiding place for British soldiers that leading them to shot the mosque several times during the war.

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