Brief
Kartalab Khan Mashjid or Mosque of Kartalab Khan (কর্তালাব খান মসজিদ) is located at the Begum Bazar of Old Dhaka. It was built by the Dewan Murshid Quli Khan, also known as Kartalab Khan during 1701-1704, and the mosque named after him. For its location, people used to call this as Begum Bazar Mosque. Hardly very few people know this mosque as Kartalab Khan’s Mosque now a days. The Google Map coordinate of the mosque is (23°43’2.03″N, 90°23’54.59″E), near to the Dhaka Central Jail.
Like any other mosques of that period, this one was built over a plinth like high vault. This mosque has five domes at the top of it, and an extended do-chala (দো চালা) like room at northern side. Though it was built around 300 years back, but now a days none of its antiquities are available.
Old Dhaka is already a congested area and there is hardly any space around the mosque for you to observe. Busy trading is going on around the mosque area. In fact it will be hard for you to stand beside the road and watch the top of the mosque.
There are buildings around the mosque those are using as market. So you can easily use any of those. This mosque could have been used as a token of our glorious past if it were handled with great care.
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Ronvijoypur Mosque has the largest dome in Bangladesh. It is of 11 meters (36 ft) width supported by arches. The corners have tapering circular towers while the external molding has a slight curve. The interior of the Ronvijoypur Mosque is plain. However the main mihrab consists of decorations of floral patterns. It was constructed according to khan Jahan style of architecture. Several renovations took place during the 1960s and 1970s. However, more repair work is required to prevent dampness inside the tomb, and also to the brick work on the exterior surfaces.
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{:}{:bn}খুলনা বিভাগের বাগেরহাট জেলায় (খুলনা-বাগেরহাট মহাসড়কে) খানা জাহানের সমাধির উল্টোদিকে রনবিজয়পুর মসজিদ অবস্থিত। বাংলাদেশের বৃহত্তম গম্বুজ রয়েছে এই মসজিদে। খিলানের উপর ভর করা এই মসজিদের গম্বুজটি প্রায় ১১ মিটার (৩৬ ফুট) প্রশস্ত। রনবিজয়পুর মসজিদের কোণায় সরু গোলাকার টাওয়ার রয়েছে এবং মসজিদের বাইরের নকশার কাজ সামান্য বাঁকানো। তবে মসজিদের মূল মিহরাবে ফুলের নকশা রয়েছে। খান জাহানের স্থাপত্যশৈলী অনুসরণ করে এই মসজিদটি নির্মাণ করা হয়। ষাট এবং সত্তরের দশকে রনবিজয়পুর মসজিদটি কয়েকদফা মেরামত করা হয়। তবে, মসজিদের গম্বুজের অভ্যন্তরের এবং বাইরের দেয়ালের আদ্রতা দূর করতে মসজিদটিকে আরো মেরামতের প্রয়োজন আছে।{:}
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Belabo Bazar Mosque,a grand mosque constructed with Tk 35 million, was inaugurated on 8th of November 2008. At least 12,000 people can say their prayers at a time at the mosque of 200 feet length and 125 feet width. Renowned industrialist of Narsingdi district Abdul Kadir Mollah carried the whole construction cost of the mosque.
The first founder and land owner of the Moque named 'Alhajj Mahmud Ali Bhuiyan' donated his land for building this Mosque. Who is known as 'Mamdi Bepari'. Later Abdul Kadir Mollah announced his grand donation on a public place in Belabo to build this Mosque as a Mega Structure. Local people feels proud to be the inhabitants of this Upazila. Many people from different direction come to visit this Mosque everyday.
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[post_content] => We came to know that Dhaka has passed it's 400 years of Glory. As it was one of the capital of Mughal Empire established in the bank of the river Buriganga, most of its old architectural sites are placed in the old town. Apart from these, there is an Eidgah established in Dhanmondi area 400 years ago which is still in use in the center point of Dhanmondi.
Many people do not aware about it. It is located near Dhanmondi KFC and the shopping mall Anam Rangs Plaza. According to Wikipedia, it was built by Shah Suja, son of Emperor Shah Jahan in 1640. Now the place is in danger because of the negligence of the government to preserve the place as a Historical Monument.
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Mirzapur Jame Mosque is located in Mirzapur about six kilometer far away from Atwari subdistrict on the Atwari-Panchagarh road of Panchagar district.
An inscription wrote in Persian language on the eastern wall of the Masjid provide its reconstruction and reparation by one Shaikh Malik-Uddin in 1252 BS (1831 AD). But nobody don’t know its actual construction date. Recently Department of Archaeology, Bangladesh taking care of this Masjid. There are two ancient graves to the south side of the mosque and north-east side stands an old well.
The mosque has three domes, an open courtyard (17meter / 14meter) surrounded by wall. Access gate room of the courtyard (4.12m / 2.12m with 0.60m thick wall) is situated its east middle side. The gate room covered by sloping four-ways roof.
The mosque is rectangular externally length is 13m width is 5.40m with 3 entry doors on the east and 3 mihrabs on the west wall inside. The middle door and the middle mihrab are bigger than the others, which are of same size and height. There is 2 window in the center of the south and north walls. On the roof there are four towers four corners of the masjid. The walls outside are now whitewashed and the terracotta plaques are painted red creating a very colorful exterior.
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