| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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 Clockwise from top: Sixty Dome Mosque, Nine Dome Mosque, Chuna Khola Mosque, Ronvijoypur Mosque, Bibi Begni Mosque and Singair Mosque | |
| Location | Bangladesh |
| Criteria | Cultural: (iv) |
| Reference | 321 |
| Inscription | 1985 (9th Session) |
| Coordinates | 22°39′39.5″N 89°45′30.8″E / 22.660972°N 89.758556°E |
  Location of Mosque City of Bagerhat in Bangladesh | |
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The Mosque City of Bagerhat (Bengali: মসজিদের শহর বাগেরহাট, romanized: Môsjider Shôhôr Bagerhat; historically known as Khalifatabad) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bagerhat District, Bangladesh. It contains 360 mosques, public buildings, mausoleums, bridges, roads, water tanks and other public buildings constructed from baked brick.[1] The mosques were built during the Bengal Sultanate in the 15th century, of which the Sixty Dome Mosque is the largest. Other mosques include the Singar Mosque, the Nine Dome Mosque, the Tomb of Khan Jahan, the Bibi Begni Mosque and the Ronvijoypur Mosque. The mosques were built during the governorship of Ulugh Khan Jahan, a Turkic military officer appointed as governor in the Sundarbans by Sultan Mahmud Shah of Bengal.
The site was a "mint town" of the Bengal Sultanate. Bagerhat has one of the largest concentrations of sultanate-era mosques in Bangladesh. The historic city has more than 50 structures built in the local Bengal Sultanate variant style of Indo-Islamic architecture. This is sometimes called the 'Khan Jahan Style'. These were uncovered after removing the vegetation that had obscured them from view for many centuries. The site has been recognised by UNESCO in 1983 under criteria (iv), "as an outstanding example of an architectural ensemble which illustrates a significant stage in human history",[1] of which the Sixty Dome Mosque with actually 60 pillars and 77 domes,[2] is the most well known.[1][3][4][5][6] The mosques feature terracotta artwork and arabesque.
- ^ a b c "Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ Reza, Mohammad Habib; Hossain, Md Shajjad (2017). Documentation of Islamic Heritage of Bangladesh. Dhaka: Brac University. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Evaluation Report: Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat" (PDF). UNESCO. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ "Buildings and Recommendations" (PDF). Practical Survey of Individual Historic for Their Repair: a) Bagerhat and its environs. UNESCO. 1980. pp. 16–22. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ Mikey Leung; Belinda Meggitt (1 November 2009). Bangladesh. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 261–. ISBN 978-1-84162-293-4. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ "Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat". Official plaque of the World Heritage Patrimone Mondal. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2011.