Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat, Bangladesh
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N 22° 40.467 E 089° 44.558
45Q E 781814 N 2510083
Old town of Bagerhat with two groups of archaeological remains: surviving buildings and non-descript type of structural buildings. The most famous of them all is the Mosque of 60 domes or Mosque of Shait Gumbad.
Waymark Code: WMANQZ
Location: Bangladesh
Date Posted: 02/05/2011
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Situated in the suburbs of Bagerhat, at the meeting-point of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, this ancient city, formerly known as Khalifatabad, was founded by the Turkish general Ulugh Khan Jahan in the 15th century. The city’s infrastructure reveals considerable technical skill and an exceptional number of mosques and early Islamic monuments, many built of brick, can be seen there. More than 50 monuments have been catalogued. These include the Mosque of Shait Gumbad renowned for its large prayer room, divided into seven longitudinal naves; the mosques of Singar, Bibi Begni and Chunakkola; the mosques of Reza Khoda, Zindavir and Ranvijoypur. All these monuments are threatened, owing to the extreme salinity of the soil and the atmosphere, made especially vulnerable because brick architecture predominates.
Type: Site
Reference number: 321
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