Sixty Dome Mosque, Bangladesh

Sixty Dome Mosque

Sixty Dome Mosque is located in the south-west of an ancient mosque in Bagerhat district of Bangladesh. There is an inscription on the mosque. So it was he who built the building at any time or accurate information is not available. However, it is seen that the architecture of the mosque was built by Khan-i-Jahan is no doubt about that. He is believed to be built in 15th century. For many years the mosque was built, and many of spending money. Stones were brought from Rajmahal. It is located in one of the three World Heritage Sites; Saharatikei been given the status of World Heritage Sites in Bagerhat. In 1983, an award given by UNESCO karemasajidati outward about 160 feet north-south and east-west inward and outward nearly 143 feet long, about 104 feet and about 88 feet wide on the inside. · 5-foot walls around 8 purusulatana nasirauddina Mahmud Shah (1435-59) under Ulugh Khan Jahan Khan al-Azam Khalifabad State built close to the Sundarbans Cole. Khan Jahan built to meet a court hall, which was then sixty-domed mosque. Tughalaki Jaunpuri architecture and clear it.

Externals:-

There are arched doors on the east wall of the mosque and 11 large-sized. The middle door is bigger than others. 7 in the north and south walls of the door. 4 corners of the mosque have 4 minarets. They are round and taper towards the top of their design. The annular bands and cumraya to karnisera rounded dome. The height of the towers, the roof cornice more than. There are two minarets pyamcanosimri to the front, and there was the call from here. The name of one of them Raushan rise, rise namaandhara other. There are 60 columns or pillars inside the mosque. They are located in rows and each row from north to south 6 to 10 pillars. Each stambhai made out of stone, only 5 pillars were covered with bricks from the outside. The 60 pillars and walls have been built on the dome. The name of the mosque dome sixty (60 domes) The dome of the mosque, but not all 60, dome, a total of 11 rows of 77 seats. Mihrab wall between the east and west walls between the doors in the middle row of the seven domes see a lot of them like rice chau house. The rest of the 70 semi-spherical dome.

The interior:-

There are 10 mihrab wall of the mosque in the West. The central mihrab larger and ornamented. The mihrab on the south and north of 5 to 4 mihrab. Just next to the mihrab in the middle of the northern side of the place where there is supposed to be 1 of the mihrab 1 small door. According to some, Khan-i-Jahan In addition to prayer, the mosque was used as a court room, and the door was the entrance of the court house. Others said the mosque was used as a madrasa.

Sixty Dome Mosque, Bangladesh,