Most impressive Muslim monuments in the whole of the Indian subcontinent." In mid-15th century, a Muslim colony was founded in the unfriendly mangrove forest of the Sundarbans near the coastline in the Bagerhat district by an obscure saint-General, named Khaja Khan Jahan Ali (R).
It is settled in Bagerhat district in southern East Bangladesh that is within the division of Khulna.It is concerning three miles aloof from the most city of Bagerhat. Bagerhat is sort of two hundred miles aloof from Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh.
Gate of mosque
The total length of the mosque is one hundred sixty feet and breadth is 108 feet. There are literally cardinal (77) low domes organized in seven rows of 11, and one dome on every corner, transferral the whole to eighty one domes.There are four towers. 2 of 4 towers were to azaan. The inside is split into several aisles and bays by slender columns, that culminate in various arches that support the roof. The house of God has seventy seven squat domes with seven four sided pitched Bengali domes within the middle row. The immense prayer hall, though given eleven arched doorways on east and seven every on north and south for ventilation and lightweight, presents a dark and somber look within. it's divided into seven longitudinal aisles and eleven deep bays by a forest of sixty slender stone columns, from that springs rows of endless arches, supporting the domes. Six feet thick, slightly tapering walls and hollow and spherical, nearly detached corner towers, resembling the bastions of defence, every capped by tiny rounded cupolas, recall the Tughlaq design of Delhi.
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