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- Description: The Sixty Pillar Mosque more commonly known as Shat Gumbad Mosque or Saith Gunbad Masjid is the largest historical mosque in Bangladesh and one of the most impressive Muslim architectural structures on the Indian Subcontinent. It is located in Bagerhat in southern Bangladesh. The mosque was built by Khan Jahan Ali in the 15th century and has walls of unusually thick, tapered brick in the Tughlaq style and a hut-shaped roofline that anticipates later styles. There are over seventy low domes while the interior is divided into many aisles and bays by slender columns which culminate in numerous arches that support the roof. The mosque is decorated mostly with terracotta and bricks. It is a UNESCO world heritage site. Bagerhat, Bangladesh. January 12, 2006.
- Credits: Mustafiz (Bangladesh) Mamun/Majority World
- Keywords: archeology, architecture, asia, bagerhat, bangladesh, heritage, historical place, khan jahan ali, khulna division, mustafiz mamun, religion, saith gunbad masjid, shat gumbad mosque, sixty domes, south asia, tourism, unesco, world heritage
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- Description: The Sixty Pillar Mosque more commonly known as Shat Gumbad Mosque or Saith Gunbad Masjid is the largest historical mosque in Bangladesh and one of the most impressive Muslim architectural structures on the Indian Subcontinent. It is located in Bagerhat in southern Bangladesh. The mosque was built by Khan Jahan Ali in the 15th century and has walls of unusually thick, tapered brick in the Tughlaq style and a hut-shaped roofline that anticipates later styles. There are over seventy low domes while the interior is divided into many aisles and bays by slender columns which culminate in numerous arches that support the roof. The mosque is decorated mostly with terracotta and bricks. It is a UNESCO world heritage site. Bagerhat, Bangladesh. January 12, 2006.
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