GHORAR MOSQUE 15TH CENTURY A.D

Ghorar mosque is an excellent example of the best conserved monument in Barobazar by the Directorate of Archaeology in the southern region associated with the history of legendary Saint Khan Jahan Ali. It is located in the village Barobazar under Kaliganj Upazilla of Jhenidah district and about one kilometer west from the Jessore-Jhenidah highway. Barobazar in Jhenidah is believed to have derived its name from a certain twelve (Baro) obscure Muslim saints who settled here prior to Khan Jahan Ali (Ahmed, N.I 989: 28).The architecture of Barobazar resembles with the lllyas Shahi architecture in Gaur and Pandua than the style of Khan Jahan Ali that developed in the nearby Bagerhat. Neither structure has any inscription, but according to its stylistic resemblance with the architecture of Gaur and Adina; such as square room with foreroom, octagonal turret, vertical offset and projected shallow panels of entrance, it may be assumed that this structure was built during the lllyas Shahi period prior to the Khan Jahan architecture i.e early 15'^ or late U'*" century A.D.