Shat Gombuj Mosque
The sixty Dome mosque (Shat Gombuj Moshjid) more comonly known as Shait Gombuj Masjid, a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
is a mosque in Bangladesh,the largest in that country from the Sultanat period. It has been described as "the most
impressive Muslim monuments in the whole of Indian subcontinent"
In the middle of the 15th century, a Muslim colony was founded in the mangrove forest of the Sundarbans, near the
coast in the Bagerhat District by the saint-general, named Khan Jahan Ali. He preased an afflunt city during the regin
of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahamud Shah, then known as 'Khalifalabad. Khan Jahan adorend this city with more than a dozon mosque,
the ruins of which are focused around the most impossing and largest multi-domed mosques in Bangladesh, known as
Shait Gumbad Masjid. The construction 0f the mosque was started in 1442 and it was completed in
1459.
The mosque was used for prayers, and also as amadrasha and assembly hall.
It is located in Bagerhat district in southern Bangladesh which is in Khulna Division.
It is about 3 miles far from the main town of Bagerhat
is a mosque in Bangladesh,the largest in that country from the Sultanat period. It has been described as "the most
impressive Muslim monuments in the whole of Indian subcontinent"
In the middle of the 15th century, a Muslim colony was founded in the mangrove forest of the Sundarbans, near the
coast in the Bagerhat District by the saint-general, named Khan Jahan Ali. He preased an afflunt city during the regin
of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahamud Shah, then known as 'Khalifalabad. Khan Jahan adorend this city with more than a dozon mosque,
the ruins of which are focused around the most impossing and largest multi-domed mosques in Bangladesh, known as
Shait Gumbad Masjid. The construction 0f the mosque was started in 1442 and it was completed in
1459.
The mosque was used for prayers, and also as amadrasha and assembly hall.
It is located in Bagerhat district in southern Bangladesh which is in Khulna Division.
It is about 3 miles far from the main town of Bagerhat
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