Sultans and Mosques: The Early Muslim Architecture of BangladeshBefore the Mughal style came to dominate the Islamic architecture of the Indian sub-continent, Bengal and its rulers had developed their own forms. The mosque architecture of the Independent Sultanate period (from the 14th to the 16th centuries) represents the most important element of the Islamic architecture of Bengal. This distinctive regional style drew its inspiration from the indigenous vernacular architecture of Bengal, itself heavily influenced by Hindu temple architecture. The early Muslim architecture of Bangladesh is an important but little studied part of the architectural heritage of the Islamic world and the Indian sub-continent. Perween Hasan's work is a most original contribution to its subject. |
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Contents
foreword | 1 |
Chapter | 7 |
Chapter 2 | 23 |
Pandua West Bengal Adina Mosque 1375 plan | 47 |
Shaitgumbad Mosque Bagerhat midfifteenth century plan | 48 |
Bagerhat Shaitgumbad Mosque | 49 |
Sonargaon Fath Shahs Mosque 1484 plan | 50 |
Sonargaon Fath Shahs Mosque | 52 |
Barobazar Galakata Mosque central mihrab before conservation | 139 |
Jhenaidah Sailkupa Mosque midfifteenth century southeast view | 140 |
Patuakhali Masjidbari Mosque 146574 southeast view | 142 |
Patuakhali Masjidbari Mosque interior of verandah chauchala vault | 143 |
Bagerhat Chunakhola Mosque late fifteenth century plan | 145 |
Bagerhat Chunakhola Mosque | 146 |
Gaur Chhota Sona Mosque 14931519 plan | 147 |
Gaur Chhota Sona Mosque northeast view | 148 |
Kishoreganj Qutb Shahs Mosque late sixteenth century plan | 53 |
Sonargaon Muazzampur Shahi Jami Mosque 143233 | 54 |
Habiganj Shankarpasha Mosque 14931519 | 55 |
Vishnu from Dhaka twelfth century | 56 |
Pandua Adina Mosque terracotta decoration on tympanum above mihrab | 57 |
Rajshahi Bagha Mosque 152324 corbelled brick pendentive in interior | 60 |
Tughra inscription of Sultan Shams alDin Yusuf Shah dated 879147475 | 68 |
Chapter 3 | 71 |
Mahasthan Mankalir Bhita Mosque reconstructed plan | 74 |
Mahasthan Mankalir Bhita Mosque ruined interior piers | 76 |
Sonargaon Muazzampur Shahi Jami Mosque 143233 plan | 77 |
Sonargaon Muazzampur Shahi Jami Mosque interior | 78 |
Dhaka Binat Bibis Mosque 145657 exterior north wall | 80 |
Dhaka Binat Bibis Mosque reconstructed plan | 81 |
Shahzadpur Makhdum Shahs Mosque mid to late fifteenth century minbar | 84 |
Shahzadpur Makhdum Shahs Mosque plan and top view of minbar | 85 |
Shahzadpur Makhdum Shahs Mosque northeast view | 86 |
Barguna Bibi Chinis Mosque mid to late fifteenth century ruined interior | 88 |
Chittagong Faqirs Mosque 147481 plan | 90 |
Chittagong Faqirs Mosque | 91 |
Gaur Darasbari Mosque 147980 central aisle | 93 |
Gaur Darasbari Mosque interior northwest | 94 |
Narayanganj Bandar Shahi Mosque 1481 plan | 96 |
Narayanganj Bandar Shahi Mosque north view | 97 |
Barobazar Galakata Mosque midfifteenth century plan | 138 |
Gaur Chhota Sona Mosque platform in interior northwest | 149 |
Habiganj Shankarpasha Mosque 14931519 plan | 152 |
Habiganj Shankarpasha Mosque southeast view | 153 |
Khulna Aroshnagar Mosque 15012 reconstructed plan | 154 |
Narayanganj Baba Salehs Mosque 1505 reconstructed plan | 156 |
Sonargaon Goaldi Mosque 1519 central and south mihrab | 158 |
Bagerhat Tendomed Mosque early sixteenth century plan | 160 |
Rajshahi Bagha Mosque southeast view | 161 |
Rajshahi Bagha Mosque plan | 163 |
Rajshahi Bagha Mosque mihrab | 164 |
Faridpur Majlis Awlias Mosque early sixteenth century plan | 166 |
Faridpur Majlis Awlias Mosque corbelled entrance vault | 167 |
Faridpur Majlis Awlias Mosque exterior mihrab projection | 168 |
Faridpur Majlis Awlias Mosque south mihrab | 169 |
Barobazar Gorar Mosque early sixteenth century plan | 171 |
Barobazar Manohor Dighi Mosque early sixteenth century plan | 173 |
Barobazar Pirpukur Mosque early sixteenth century plan | 174 |
Barobazar Pirpukur Mosque ruins | 175 |
Sirajganj Nabagram Mosque 1526 plan | 176 |
Sirajganj Nabagram Mosque verandah facade | 177 |
Appendix 1 | 207 |
Principal Abbreviations | 214 |
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A. S. M. Ahmed Adina Mosque al-Din Allah Archaeology and Museums Architecture of Bengal Bagerhat Bagha Mosque Bangladesh Barbak Shah Barobazar bays Bibliography central entrance central mihrab chau-chala Chhota Chittagong Choto Sona Mosque corbelled pendentives cornice Corpus of Inscriptions curved Dani Delhi Department of Archaeology Dhaka Dimensions district doorway east elevation figs engaged brick pilasters engaged pilasters entrance arches exterior Faridpur front Gaur hanging motifs Husain Inscriptions of Bengal inside interior Inventory of Key Jami Mosque Jhenaidah Karim Key Monuments Khalifatabad Khan Jahan style Khulna Location merlons mihrab projection minbar mouldings Muslim niches north and south octagonal corner towers Pandua pilasters Plan and elevation Plan fig police station prayer chamber Rajshahi rectangular frames rectangular panels roof rosettes rows S. M. Hasan Shah Shah's Mosque Shahi Sonargaon south sides spandrels squinches stone pillars Sultanate Mosques temple terracotta three entrances tomb vault verandah wall thickness West Bengal west wall