The Shat Gambuj Mosque Passage English First Paper

The Shat Gambuj Mosque Passage English First Paper

In Mid-15th Century, a Muslim Colony was founded in the inhospitable mangrove forest of The Sundarbans neat the seacoast in Bagerhat District by a saint Ulgh Khan Jahan. He Was Earliest torchbearer of Islam In The South who laid the nucleus of an affluent city during the reign of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (1442-59), Then Known As 'Khalifatabad' (Present Bagerhat). Khan Jahan Adorned his city With Numerous Mosques, Tanks, Roads And Public Buildings. The Most Spectacular of Which Is The Imposing Multidomed Mosque In Bangladesh, Known as The Shat Gambuj Masjid. The Stately Fabric of The Mounment Stands On The Eastern Bank of a Vast Sweet-Water Tank, Clustered Around By The Heavy Foliage of a Low-lying Countryside Characteristic of a Seacoast Landscape.
The Mosque Is Roofed Over With 77 Squat Domes, Including 7 Chauchala or Four-Sided Domes In The Middle Row. The Vast Prayer Hall Is Provided With 11 Arched Doorways Aisles And I Deep Bays By a Forest of Slender Stones Columns. From These Columns Spring Eows of Endless Arches, Supporting the Domes. The Arches are six feet in thickness, have a slightly tapering hollow and round walls. The Interior Western Wall of The Mosque Is Beautifully Decorated With Terracotta Flowers And Foliage.
Besides Being Used as a Prayer Nail The Mosque Was Also Used As The Court of Khan Jahan Ali. Now It Is One of The Greatest Tourist Attractive And Best Architectural Beauties of Bangladesh.