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Sixty Dome Mosque

Tags: mosque jahan dome
Location
 Bagerhat, Bangladesh
Area160 feet long,108 feet wide.About 17280 square feet.
ArchitectKhan Jahan Ali
UNESCO World Heritage Site
TypeCultural
Criteriaiv
Designated1985 (9th session)
Reference no.321
State PartyBangladesh
RegionAsia-Pacific

inside view

The Sixty Dome Mosque (Bengali: ষাট গম্বুজ মসজিদ Shaṭ Gombuj Moshjid) (more commonly known as Shait Gambuj Mosque orSaith Gunbad Masjid),a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a mosque in Bangladesh, the largest in that country from the Sultanate period. It has been described as "the most impressive Muslim monuments in the whole of the Indian subcontinent."[1]
In mid-15th century, a Muslim colony was founded in the unfriendly mangrove forest of the Sundarbans near the coastline in theBagerhat District by a saint-General, namedKhan Jahan Ali. He preached in an affluent city during the reign of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah, then known as 'Khalifalabad'.[2] Khan Jahan adorned this city with more than a dozen mosques, the spectacular ruins of which are focused around the most imposing and largest multidomed mosques in Bangladesh, known as the Shait-Gumbad Masjid (160'×108').[2]The construction of the mosque was started in 1442[2] and it was completed in 1459.The mosque was used for prayer purposes. It was also used as a madrasha and assembly hall.[3]



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