SHAH NIMATULLAH MOSQUE 17TH CENTURY A.D.

This Mughal mosque is a part of the Tahkhana complex, which consists of a large residential enclave, the tomb of a holy saint Shah Niamatullah Wall and some ruined service quarter. This complex, stands on the western bank of a large tank, is located about half a kilometer to the north-west of the Chhoto Sona mosque and approached through a metal road which branches off from the Chhoto Sona-Kotwali Darwaza road. The building is not inscribed, but it is traditionally affirmed that the whole tahkhana complex was built by Subahdar Shah Shuja (1 639-1 660A.D.) (Husaini 997:1 17), who had his court at Rajmahal, in honour of the saint Shah Niamatullah Wall, who lies buried in a nearby earliest known Mughal tomb structure in Bangladesh. Recently the whole area of the tahkhana complex along with the mosque proper has been extensively renovated by the Directorate of Archaeology of Bangladesh.