Bangladesh

Bibi Maryam Masjid

Bangladesh

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Bibi Maryam Mosque, also known as the Hajiganj Mosque, stands in Hajiganj, Narayanganj, Bangladesh, as a testament to Mughal architecture in Bengal. Built between 1664 and 1688 under the patronage of Nawab Shaista Khan, the Mughal subadar of Bengal, the mosque took 24 years to complete. Its distinctive design features three domes—a larger central dome flanked by smaller side domes reduced through thickened walls rather than intermediate half-domes. The eastern façade displays three arched entrances beneath half-domes, with the central entrance being proportionally grander. The structure is characterized by four engaged corner towers that extend beyond the parapet, basal leaf decoration on the domes, battlemented merlons, and simple lateral arches within its interior hall. A tomb believed to contain Bibi Maryam, reportedly the Nawab's daughter, stands nearby. Though repeatedly repaired and renovated over the centuries—including the addition of later windows and a masonry veranda on the eastern side—the mosque continues to serve as a Jami mosque, though it has lost much of its original architectural detail in the process.

Movement

Mughal architecture

Type: mosque
Place: Bangladesh

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Location

23.63200, 90.51070