Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat

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Bangladesh

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Located on the outskirts of Bagherhat, at the confluence of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, this ancient city, originally named Khalifatabad, was founded in the 15th century by the Turkish general Ulugh Khan Jahan. The city's infrastructure shows a fairly high level of technology, with many mosques and early Islamic monuments, many of which are made of brick.

# 15th century

# Historic Mosque City

Minaret of the Sixty Dome Mosque

Terrocotta arabesque on a corner wall, Sixty Dome Mosque

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Bagerhat Museum

Mihrab in Chuna Khola Mosque

Mihrab of the Nine Dome Mosque

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Corner tower, Nine Dome Mosque

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World Heritage criteria	Larousse Encyclopedia online
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shat%20Gambuj%20Mosque%20%288%29.jpg
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shat-Gambuj-Mashjid.jpg
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bagerhat%20%28Mosque%20City%29.jpg
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shat%20Gambuj%20Mosque%20%2812%29.jpg
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shat%20Gambuj%20Mosque%20%281%29.jpg
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shat%20Gambuj%20Mosque%20%2811%29.jpg
executive body	Bagerhat District
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/072lh5
Commons category	Bagerhat District
coordinate location	Point(89.7964 22.6568)

start time	1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	المدينة التاريخية - المسجد في باغرهات
official name	Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
official name	Ciudad-mezquita histórica de Bagerhat
official name	Ville-mosquée historique de Bagerhat
official name	バゲルハットのモスク都市
official name	Historische moskee-stad van Bagerhat
official name	Исторический город мечетей Багерхат
official name	巴凯尔哈特清真寺历史名城
volume as quantity	Larousse Encyclopedia online