Krue Se Mosque or Sultan Musaffar Shah Mosque is an old mosque over 200 years old in Pattani. It can be assumed that it is a religious place built in the 22nd Buddhist century in the contemporary with Ayutthaya period. The mosque is also named Pitukrueban Mosque after the shape of the mosque’s door, which looks like a pointed arc in the Gothic style of the Europeans and the architecture of the Middle East (the word Pitu means a door, Krueban means an arched doorway).

The architectural style of the mosque is of Arab-Persian-Turkish architecture causing doubts as to who designed this mosque and from where the architectural style was taken. In this question, Hikaya Patani, referring to the Sheikh Safi Yuddin, who proposed to the Sultan to build a mosque, was a Pasay (Ajeh). This supports the legend that not only Lim Toh Khiam, to be the designer or bring the architectural style from China. Pasay, or Aceh, has been closely associated with the Arab-Persian-Turkish culture since before the 16th century. The transmission of Middle Eastern arts and culture through India to Aceh and to Patani is more than likely a mere possibility sent through China. In addition, the early mosque architecture style in China was a Chinese art architecture that used wood as a building material. Therefore, it does not weigh much to believe that Lim Toh Khiam designed or brought the mosque’s design from China. In the story of Chao Mae Lim Ko Niao, the Kananurak family version, it is said that Lim Toh Khiam was the director of the mosque. This may mean that the mosque was not designed or implemented and if these two legends have reliable information on the construction of mosques. it is also possible that Shaykh Safiyuddin from Pasay designed or brought the architectural style of the mosque from Pasay to Patani and Lim Toh Khiam supervised the construction of the building in one of the duties as assigned.

The architectural details of Krue Se Mosque, as far as the analysis is concerned, can be seen from the arches between the pillars of Krue Se Mosque, a different arching technique known as equilateral arch or Gothic arch. From the arches of the ancient mosque of Ban Da Toh, Masjid Raya Chabangtikor, and Masjid Raya Saiburi using Round Arch technique, it can be said that Krue Se Mosque was built in a different era from the mosque at Dato and Both Raya Mosques equilateral arch or gothic arch has been used at Phra Narai’s Palace at Lop Buri and the Thep Mee Bridge in Ayutthaya, which many scholars believe was influenced by Persia.

The Mirhab is a arched niche in the style of the meh-round of a mosque in the Middle East. This is different from the meah that is popular in Southeast Asia or the Malay world (Nusantara) or even the Chinese that make meah around in a square booth. It is another thing that can be assumed that the architectural style of Krue Se Mosque is influenced by Arab-Persian-Turkish.

One of the similarities of the early mosques in the Malay world that differed from the mosques in India-Persian-Arab and Turkey is that mosques in this area were not popular to build minaret. A case study in this regard can be found at other first mosques, such as the Ah Ho Mosque in Pattani, The Kampong Lao Mosque at Kelantan and the Agung Mosque in Demak on Java Island. Krue Se Mosque also does not have minarets. This is enough to define a broad age and era of architecture. These mosques without minarets use drums to signal the time of prayer. Until when it was heavily influenced by the Arab world during the 20th century, later minarets were added such as Kampong Lao Mosque, Agung Mosque, and Raya Chabangtika Mosque and Talo Mano Mosque.