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Galakata Mosque

কালীগঞ্জ, Italy

Galakata Mosque

The Galakata Mosque (Bengali: গলাকাটা মসজিদ) is a historical Sultanate period mosque located 100 meters east of Jorbangla Mosque at the village of Barobazar, in Jhenaidah District. It is a part of the historic site of the mosque city of Mohammadabad. The name (Bengali: গলাকাটা, romanized: galakata,

lit. 'beheaded') might have been derived from the mosque's earlier ruined state. The ruins was excavated in 1992-1993 and completely rebuilt with six domes in Khan Jahan style. Arabic and Persian remainings date the mosque to c. 800 AH, during Mahmud Shah's reign.

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