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Old September 19, 2005, 02:48 PM
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Mughal edifices of Mohammadpur






A few kilometres to the north of Peelkhana was the Sarai Jafarbad-Katasur area, possibly a caravan route along the river. A small urban settlement in this area is evident from its geographic and strategic location, origin of the name(s) of the locality, and the remnants of few Mughal period structures, particularly two mosques, one of which was demolished recently, and two tombs, one of which was converted to a mosque.

The style of the late 17th century structure of the Satgambuz Masjid falls within the type of traditional three-domed oblong Shaista Khani mosques, which is very common among most surviving historic mosques in Dhaka. Built on a spacious and solid podium, it has many elements resembling those in Khwaja Shahbaz Mosque, Khan Mohammed Mridha's Mosque, and the mosque within the Lalbagh Fort. Like those structures, this too has three large domes- a bigger one in the middle flanked by two smaller ones.

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