The Mosque City of Bagerhat is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bagerhat District, Bangladesh. It contains 360 mosques, public buildings, mausoleums, bridges, roads, water tanks and other public buildings constructed from baked brick. The mosques were built during the Bengal Sultanate in the 15th century, of which the Sixty Dome Mosque is the largest. Other mosques include the Singar Mosque, the Nine Dome Mosque, the Tomb of Khan Jahan, the Bibi Begni Mosque and the Ronvijoypur Mosque. The mosques were built during the governorship of Ulugh Khan Jahan, a Turkic military officer appointed as governor in the Sundarbans by Sultan Mahmud Shah of Bengal.
Terrocotta arabesque on a corner wall, Sixty Dome Mosque
Corner tower, Nine Dome Mosque
Minaret of the Sixty Dome Mosque
Mihrab of the Nine Dome Mosque
Bagerhat District is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulna Division.
Image: Sixty Dome Mosque,Bagerhat
Image: Ship in Mongla Port
Image: Wildlife Breeding Center, Karamjal, Sundarban
Image: Bagerhat Museum in rainy season