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).

DARASBARI MOSQUE 1479 A.D.

The Darasbari Mosque is located in the southern suburb of the old capital Gaur, presently under the district of Chapainawabganj in Bangladesh. I. Bakhsh discovered an inscription near the Darasbari mosque, recording the erection of the mosque by Sultan Yusuf Shah in the year 884A.H./1479-80 A.D. (Hasan 1980:157). This Friday mosque belongs to rectangular shaped plan type with a foreroom and is the earliest example of this type. It is severely damaged and the entire roof, corner turrets and the foreroom have disappeared.

RONBIJOYPUR MOSQUE 15TH CENTURY A.D.

It is situated about one and a half kilometer east of the Shait Gambuj mosque and on the northern side of the original Khan-e-Jahan road; Khalifatabad-Bagerhat. The mosque stands on the southern embankment of the old bed of Bhairab River facing the node of Khan-e-Jahan road from where the secondary road which approaches the Mausoleum complex offshoots at a right angle towards south. The name of this mosque is derived from the village called Ronbijoypur. It belongs to the group of buildings of Khan Jahan Ali built in the middle of 15'^ century (Ahmed 1984:309-13). The structure has gone under extensive restoration work for which some of the original features may have been lost.

CHUNKHOLA MOSQUE 15 TH CENTURY A.D.

The Chunakhola mosque is situated in the village Mogra, about one kilometer west of the Shait Gambuj mosque in an isolated low mound in the midst of vast flat cultivated field and has no road connection with the adjacent mosques. It belongs to the group of mosques built by Khan Jahan Ali in the early 15"" century (Hasan 1979: 153). This building has been restored recently by the Directorate of Archaeology. A photo before the restoration work shows the extent of erosion due to salinity in the soil of this area. It has eroded more of the lower part than the upper part. Directorate of Archaeology has successfully restored the building; the lower part of the building is almost rebuilt.

NOY GAMBUJ MOSQUE 15TH CENTURY A.D.

The legendary Islamic hero of Bengal Ulugh Khan Jahan Ali built numerous square shaped small neighborhood mosques in addition to his large congregational mosque at Bagerhat. This locally known nine-domed mosque belongs to the credential of this great builder Khan Jahan Ali and was built in the middle of the fifteenth century. This is the finest example of a multi- domed square shaped plan situated at the western side of the big Thakur Dighi near Khan Jahan Ali tomb at Bagerhat. Existence of a ruined ghat, which has a strong axial relationship with this mosque, is still visible. This ghat was a place of swapping pleasantries before and after the daily prayers. It also replaced the ablution fountain after typical Islamic architecture. The outside surface of this brick building has been restored by the Directorate of Archaeology of Bangladesh.

GOLAKATA MOSQUE 15TH CENTURY A.D.

The Golakata mosque is situated on the northern side of the main road in the westernmost part of the old city Barobazar under Kaliganj upazilla of Jhenidah District This mosque bears no inscription, but according to its stylistic resemblance with the architecture of early llyas Shahi period in Chhoto Pandua and Hazrat Pandua; such as freestanding stone pillar with chain and bell motive on the round shaped shaft and a petal capital, multi-unit prayer hall, octagonal turret, vertical offset and recessed niche containing mouldings or frieze on the base, it may be assumed that this structure was built in early 15'^ or late 14* century A.D. prior to the Khan Jahan's architectural development in Bagerhat. This ruined mosque was reconstructed by the Archaeological Department of Bangladesh and thus presently seems to be in good state of preservation.

JORE BANGLA MOSQUE 15 CENTURY A.D.

The Jore-Bangla mosque stands at the village Barobazar under Kaliganj upazilla in the district Jhenidah, about six kilometers west from the upazilla headquarters. The name of the old township Barobazar is believed to have originated from certain Baro or twelve obscure Muslim saints who settled here in some remote and unspecified time. But it is likely that its original name was Bada Bazar, that is to say, a large market place, which might have flourished here once upon a time. Some scholars believe that Khan Jahan with his followers temporarily settled here before proceeding to Khalifatabad in Bagerhat via Murali-Qasba. (Ahmed1989: 28-33). All the above mentioned statements reveal that the old city Barobazar was established earlier then the Khan Jahan All's city Khalifatabad in Bagerhat.