LALBAGH FORT MOSQUE 17 CENTURY A.D.

The most magnificent, but unfortunately incomplete Mughal fort at Dhaka is the Lalbag fort or fort Aurangabad, situated in the south western part of the old city once overiooking the Buriganga River to the south. The viceroy of Mughal Bengal (1678A.D.) Prince Muhammad Azam, son of Emperor Aurangazeb, was the originator of this fort. Governor Shaista Khan continued the project, and after the premature death of his daughter Bibi Pari the construction of the fort was not continued and the fort was left unfinished (Dani 1969:221). Among the remaining structures, there are a long fortified wall, three gates, large tank, darbar hall, hammam, tomb of Pari Bibi, service block with a rooftop garden and a mosque. This elegant mosque is located in the western part of the central axis of the fort complex.