The document summarizes three traditional mosques in Bangladesh: 1. Baitul Mukarram Mosque is the national mosque located in Dhaka. Built in 1968, it can hold 40,000 people and was designed by Abdulhusein M. Thariani. 2. Shat Gumbuj Mosque is located in Bagerhat and was established in 1433-1459 by Ulug Khan Jahan. It has 60 pillars that support 77 domes in the Bengali architectural style. 3. Choto Sona Mosque is located in Chapai Nawabganj and was built between 1493-1519 during the reign of Sultan Hussain Shah

1. Presented by
Sl Student Name Student ID
1 Abdul Kuddus BCE 1602008149
2 Md. Istadul Miah BCE 1602008026
3 Md. Al -Amin BCE 1602008170
4 Shoriful Islam BCE 1602008175
5 Mojammal Hoque BCE 1602008060
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14th July 2017

2. There are many traditional mosque in Bangladesh.
Presented three traditional mosque in here.
1. Baitul Mukarram Mosjid
2. Shat Gumbuj Mosjid
3. Sona Mosjid
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3. Baitul Mukarram Mosjid:
Baitul Mukarram, also spelled as Baytul Mukarrom is the national mosque of
Bangladesh. Located at the center of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, the mosque was
completed in 1968
Address :Topkhana Road,
Dhaka 1000,Bangladesh
Height : 99′
Opened : 1968
Capacity : 40,000
Architectural Style: Islamic
Architecture
Owner : Government of
Bangladesh
Architect : Abdulhusein M. Thariani
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4. History of baitul mukaram:
 Proposed: In 1959, Haji Abdul Latif proposed to
the military administrator of East Pakistan Major
General Omrao Khan to build a grand mosque in
Dhaka. He agreed to build a mosque .
 Committee: Committee had been established in
1959.
 Land : 8.30 acre of land between new Dhaka
and old Dhaka. There was a large pond .
 Improved Land: The pond was filled up
in1959.
 Works start: 27 January 1960 . The president of
Pakistan Ayub Khan commenced the work.
 Inauguration: First Prayer on Friday, 25
January 1963.
 In 2008 the mosque was extended, financed by a
donation from the Saudi government.
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5. Exterior design
The mosque is on a very high platform.
The Mosque’s building is eight storied
and 99 feet high from the ground level.
 The main entrance of the mosque was
to be on the eastern side.
 Ablution or Wu’du Place cached an
important part when the Baitul Mukarram
was begun.
 The absence of a dome on the main
building is compensated by the two
superficial domed entrance porticoes, one
on the south, and the other on the north.
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6. Interior design
 Two patios (roofless inner
courtyard) ensure that enough
light and air enter the prayer hall
of Baitul Mukarram Mosque.
 The mehrab of the hall is
rectangular instead of semi-
circular.
 Excessive ornamentation is
avoided throughout the mosque,
since minimizing ornamentation
is typical of modern architecture .
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7. Garden
The garden is laid out in a style
borrowed heavily from Mughal gardens.
 However unlike the traditional
Mughal gardens which represent the
Islamic Heaven.
 The garden does not have the Char-
Bagh system most likely due to not
having enough room for such a garden.
 The future of this garden is unknown,
if the Bangladeshi government extends
the mosque, it will most likely have to
remove the garden.
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8. Khatibs
Sl Name Year
1 Abdur Rahman Bekud 1963
2 Jafar Ahmed Usmani 1963-1964
3 Mufti Amimul Ehasan 1964-1974
4 Abdul Moeez 1974-1984
5 Ubaidul Haq 1984-2007
6 Muhammad Nurruddin 2007-2009
7 Muhammad Salah Uddin 2009–Present
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9. Choto sona mosjid
Choto Shona Mosque (Bengali: ছ োট ছসোনো মসজিদ, Small Golden Mosque) is
located in Chapai Nawabganj district of Bangladesh.
The mosque is situated about 3 km south of the Kotwali Gate and 0.5 km to the
south-east of the Mughal Tahakhana complex in the Firozpur Quarter.
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10. Basic information
Sl Subject Description
1 Name Choto Sona
Mosjid
2 Location Chapai
Nawabganj
3 Year
consecrated
between 1493
and 1519
4 Established During the reign
Sultan Hussain
Shah
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11. The mosque was built during the reign
of Sultan Hussain Shah, between 1493 and
1519.
The fifteen domes of the mosque were
once gilded.
 The mosque is one of the best-
preserved sultana monuments under
protection by the Department of
Archaeology and Museums, Governments
of Bangladesh.
 The mosque premise, which covers an
area of 42 m from east to west by 43.5 m
from north to south, was originally
surrounded by an outer wall (now restored)
with a gateway in the middle of the east
side.
History:
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12. The glamour of the Chhoto Sona Masjid is not there as it was originally,
particularly because of the stripping of the decorative mihrabs and the
mosque courtyard, but the remains are nevertheless one of the most
attractive monuments of Guar-Lakhnauti
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13. The mosque a rectangle having outside
dimensions of 25.1 metres (82 ft) from north to
south and 15.9 metres (52 ft) from east to west.
 All the walls are veneered externally and
internally with granite stone blocks.
 These stones have disappeared from the southern
side of the west wall because of conservation works
after the destruction by the earthquake of 1897.
 The interior of the mosque, measuring 21.2 by
12.2 metres (70 by 40 ft), is divided into three aisles
by two rows of stone pillars, four in each row.
 The gallery has a mihrab in front.
 Stone carving, brick-setting, terracotta, gilding
and glazed tiles were used in decorating the
building, and of them the former played the
dominant role.
Design:
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14. Shat Gombuj Mosjid
The Mosque City of Bagerhat is a formerly lost city, located in Bagerhat District, in
the Khulna Division of southwest of Bangladesh. Bagerhat is about 15 miles south
east of Khulna and 200 miles southwest of Dhaka.
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15. Basic information
Sl Subject Description
1 Name Shat gumbuj Mosjid
2 Location Bagerhat
3 Established 1433–1459
4 Established
by
Ulug Khan Jahan
5 World
Heritage
1985
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16. History:
The history of the Bagerhat is traced to the Bengal Sultanate under the rule
of Sultan Nasir al-din Mahmud Shah (1442–1459).
It was established by the Ulug Khan Jahan (1433–1459)
He was responsible for establishing a planned township with roads,
bridges, and water supply tanks (ponds – two are still surviving:
the Ghoradighi and Dargadighi), cisterns, and a very large number of
mosques and tombs, and palaces and his own mausoleum, all attributed in
the same “Khan Jahan Style”; Khan Jehan lived in the town and did
extensive philanthropic work.
It is mentioned that the Delhi Sultanate, for political and religious reasons,
wanted to establish an outpost of Islam in the then-remote part
of India in Bengal and deputed Ulug Khan Jahan to brave this task.
Ulug Khan was known for his unique capability as an administrator
(administered the districts of Jhenaidah, Sathkira, Patuakhali, and Barisal
in South Bengal and a builder.
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18. He was also a pir, a saintly person who
shunned personal aggrandizement (who
rejected royal titles and did not issue
any mint in his name). His tomb is thus
venerated in Bangladesh and attracts a
large number of pilgrims.
A study of ten mosques and tombs seen in the
town reveals that seven of them – Shait Gumbaz
Mosque, which adjoins the Ulug Khan Tomb,
Ranbijaypur Mosque, Bibi Begni Mosque, Shingra
Mosque, Chunakhola Mosque, the Nine Domed
Mosque are in Ulugh Khan style. The other three
mosques of a later period are the Ten Domed
Mosque, Rezai Khan Mosque and Zinda Pir
Tomb.
In 1895, an extensive survey of the area was
conducted, and restoration was put into effect in
1903–04 on the Shait Gumbaz mosque. In 1907-8
part of the roof and 28 domes were restored.
In 1982–83, UNESCO drew up a master
plan for the Bagerhat area and it became a
World Heritage Site in 1985.
History:
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19. The Sixty Pillar Mosque in Bagerhat in
south Bangladesh, on the eastern bank of
a sweet water tank or pond (the takur
dighi) is one of the oldest mosques in the
country and is described as "historic
mosque representing the Golden Era of
Muslim Bengal".
It is laid is over an area of 160 feet
(49 m) by 108 feet (33 m).
The mosque is unique in that it has 60
pillars that support 77 exquisitely curved
"low squat domes" that have worn away
over time; it has seven central domes that
are four-sided and built in Bengali style.
It was established in 1440 by Khan
Jahan Ali
Propertis of Shat Gambuj Mosque
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20. Use
It was used for prayers, as an
assembly hall and madrasa (an
Islamic school).
The mosque also functioned as the
court of Khan Jahan Ali.
The large prayer hall has 11 arched
doorways on the east and 7 each on
the north and south which provide
ventilation and light to the hall.
The walls and the mihrabs were
affected by sulphates.
Most of the damage has been
rectified.
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21. •The large prayer hall has 11 arched doorways
on the east and 7 each on the north and south
which provide ventilation and light to the hall.
•These columns support the curving arches that
are overlaid by the domes.
•The west wall in the interior has
eleven mihrabs that are decorated with
stonework and terracotta and the flooring is
brickwork.
•The arches are 6 feet (1.8 m) thick with a slight
taper over the hollow and round walls.
•It now attracts a large number of tourists and
visitors.
•The mosque is decorated mostly with terracotta
and bricks.
Decorated
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