Goaldi Mosque
mosque in Bangladesh
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Overview
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The Goaldi Mosque is a Sultanate-period mosque in Sonargaon, the historic Bengali capital, in Narayanganj District of Bangladesh's Dhaka Division. It stands in Krishna Para within Sonargaon Upazila. It is one of the few medieval monuments that survive in the upazila. Dating from before the Mughal period, it is described as the oldest mosque in the area.
History
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The mosque was built during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Hussain Shah, in 925 AH (1519 CE).
The building was once hidden behind thick bamboo groves and clusters of mango trees. When the Department of Archaeology declared it protected, it was in a state of complete ruin. It was afterwards carefully restored in 1975.
From Wikipedia
The Goaldi Mosque (Bengali: গোয়ালদি মসজিদ) is a mosque in the historic Bengali capital of Sonargaon, in Narayanganj District, in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh. The Sultanate period mosque was built during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Hussain Shah in 925 A.H./1519 AD. It is one of the few surviving medieval monuments in Sonargaon Upazila.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goaldi_Mosque