Shat Gumbad/Gambuj Mosque; will be the greatest in the Sultanate mosques inside Bangladesh and something of the very outstanding Muslim typical monuments in the particular Native indian subcontinent. It truly is related to just one Khan al-Azam Ulugh Khan Jahan, who also vanquished the vast majority regarding the southern area of Bengal and also known as the location khalifatabad inside complete in the reigning Sultan nasiruddin mahmud shah (1435-59). khan jahan reigned over areas with all the seats regarding supervision from Haveli-Khalifatabad, determined together with current Bagerhat, right up until his or her dying inside 1459. This kind of wonderful developing become horribly decaying situation as time passes. It is however privileged the English authorities opened up actions for the recovery and also fix as well as the method continuing beneath the primary direction in the successive Divisions regarding Archaeology regarding Pakistan and also Bangladesh. In the early 1980s a powerful long lasting plan has been performed to defend this specific traditional monument on the occasion regarding UNESCO, as well as the perform will be drawing near conclusion.
Program and also information Closed actually simply by a great exterior wall structure, the particular mosque is found around the asian lender in the Ghoradighi, a couple of a long way western in the current Bagerhat community.
The particular closed ingredient has been actually inserted by means of a couple of gateways : one in the particular eastern side, today reconditioned and also restored, as well as the additional inside the northern, will no longer extant. The particular asian entrance, confronting cardinally the particular core archway in the mosque appropriate, definitely seems to be any monument again. That actions several. 92m simply by 2 . not 44m and also contains a great archway using a duration of around 2 . not 44m using a stunning curve at the top.
The particular mosque appropriate, developed generally regarding voilier, varieties a massive box and also actions on the surface, includes the huge two-storied podiums around the sides, forty-eight. 77m coming from northern to be able to to the south and also thirty two. 92m coming from eastern side to be able to western. The inner in the mosque could possibly be inserted by means of arched entrances : 9 around the eastern side, more effective to each in the northern and also to the south surfaces and later one particular around the western wall structure, which can be put on the american ending in the gulf right away for the northern in the huge core through the Sultanate period of time and even in many typical monuments constructed through the Mughal period of time.
Paying attention The particular Shatgumbad Mosque from Bagerhat appears to have been the initial and also the finest executive perform regarding Khan Jahan. Coming from outside the house, the particular mosque, having its so coming from outside the house. It is bastion-like tapering spot podiums with the spherical cupolas and also two-storied understanding, which usually surge large on the rooftop, appears to have been influenced simply by related Tughlaqian types of the particular Khirki (c 1375) as well as the Kalan Mosques (1380) from Delhi. The particular spherical model of these kinds of spot podiums will be worth writing because it separates the particular Khan Jahani selection of typical monuments from the other properties regarding Khalifatabad.
The inner program in the mosque : a huge core embarcación with all the aspect wings : employs a method discovered the first time inside Bengal inside the adina mosque (1375), which often might have been based on additional before mosques constructed inside counterfeit in the Damascus Jami (705-15). The particular chau-chala vaults within the core embarcación, up to this point certainly not found in Bengal buildings and also discovered eventually inside the chhota sona mosque (1493-1519) as well as the lattan mosque (early 16th century) from Gaur, may actually have got descends from the particular chau-chala huts regarding Bengal.
The gorgeous triangular in shape pediment within the core entrance inside the asian fakeness are often told are already replicated from your gable comes to an end in the do-chala haube in the terrain. In the same way several off-set and also convex chases inside the exterior area in the surfaces can easily have counterfeit in the frame-work in the timber and also wattle haube regarding Bengal.
A significant characteristic in the mosque, even though abnormal inside Bengal yet noticed in several congregational mosques inside upper The indian subcontinent, is actually a tiny entrance inside the backside wall structure next to the core mihrab, the concept of which can have got actually recently been took out coming from people early on mosques inside e Shatgumbad Mosque has been restricted to Khan Jahan, the particular governor regarding Khalifatabad, who received his or her house a couple of gardens out for the three-way functions : any congregational mosque, any parliament or perhaps assemblage hallway just like people early on Mahometismo and also a madrasa just like the Isfahan Jami as well as the Masjid-i-Jami from Ardistan inside Persia.
Origins in the label Virtually the word ‘Shatgumbad’ implies 59 domes, in actuality the particular mosque provides eighty-one domes as a whole : seventy-seven within the rooftop and four more compact kinds within the several spot podiums. A couple of ideas could be manufactured in this specific consider. To begin with, the particular more effective chau-chala vaults within the core embarcación could have offered house the nam 59 key elements, which usually help the massive domed-roof previously mentioned, may additionally have got actually offered the particular mosque the name of ‘Shat Khumbaz’ (shat implies 59 and also khumbaz implies pillar). It isn't less likely the phrase Khumbaz provides eventually recently been dangerous directly into gumbad to achieve the developing the favorite label regarding Shatgumbad. In the a couple of ideas the particular last mentioned is apparently a lot more likely.
