BABA ADAM MOSQUE 1483 A.D.

The mosque is the only surviving example in the ancient Hindu settlement of Rampai upazilla in Munshiganj district, far away from the old capital Gaur the Baba Adam mosque, though renovated, is in a seemingly good state of conservation. It is named after a locally famous saint Baba Adam, who died in a holy war against a local Hindu Raja. According to the local legend he was buried near the mosque in a simple unadorned graveyard. According to an inscription fixed above the central entrance, the mosque was built in 888 A.H./1483-84A.D. by Malik Kafur during the reign of Sultan Jalal al-din Fath Shah (Ahmad 1960:118).