KHAN MOHAMMAD MOQSUE 17TH CENTURY A.D.

This mosque is located at Atishkhana nighbourh, near Lalbag fort in Dhaka. The mosque of Khan Muhammad Mridha was built in 1116 A.H./1706A.D., according to an inscription placed in the frontal facade of this mosque (Hasan 1980: 59-60). The nomenclature of the mosque derives from that of the builder Khan Muhammad Mridha, who constructed it following the order of Quazi Ebadullah, who was probably the chief Quazi of the then Mughal Dhaka under the Deputy Governor Farrukshah (Dani 1960:203). The complex is encompassed by a 3.65m high boundary wall, the openings and recessed panels of which are designed in pure geometrical order and symmetric manner. The mosque building is erected on a high podium 4.87m above the ground level. The Tahkhana or the substructure of the podium has a continuous verandah around it and all the internal small rooms are connected from this circulation area and are covered by flat brick roof.