GOALDI MOSQUE 1519 A.D.

Goaldi mosque is a very nice edifice. It was built following the style of square shaped mosque found in Bagerhat during the regime of Khan Jahan Ali. This small neighborhood mosque is located in the village Goaldi at Sonargaon upazilla under Narayanganj district and about half -a-mile north-east of the ancient Panam city. According to an inscription slab which was once fixed over the entrance door, this mosque was constructed in 925A.H./1519A.D. during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Husayn Shah by the Mulla Hidjbr Akbar Khan (Cunnighami 882:1 43). Before the restoration in 1975A.D. by the Directorate of Archaeology of Bangladesh, the dome and major portions of the south, east and north walls had fallen down, the only exception being the kibIa on the west (Hasan 1984:186).