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Bandar Shahi Mosque is situated in the Bandar
Municipal area, about a mile to the south-east of kadam
rasul in Narayanganj district. It was built in 1482 AD (886
AH) by Malik al-Muazzam baba
saleh, an official under Sultan jalaluddin
fath shah. It is a square building measuring 6.20 meter a side
in the interior and 9.70 meter in the exterior. It has four octagonal
corner towers and a large hemispherical dome supported by two engaged
black stone pillars embedded in each wall with square bases, capitals
and octagonal shafts. The squinches which hold up the dome spring from
the top of these pillars. The dome has a lotus and pitcher finial. The
raising of the dome on a drum crowned with merlons seems to be part of
Mughal renovations. There are three entrances in the east, of whom the
central one is wider, measuring 2.20 meter high and 1.37 meter wide respectively.
The two other entrances on either side are 2 meter high and 1 meter wide.
The side entrances are of the same size as the front central one. There
are three semi-circular mihrabs of which the central one is the
largest. The northern one is used as a closet. The mosque has been renovated
and enlarged by verandahs on the east, south and north sides.
[Muazzam Hussain Khan]
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