This historic city is located within <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagerhat_District" class="extiw" title="en:Bagerhat District">en:Bagerhat District</a> in south-west <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" class="extiw" title="en:Bangladesh">en:Bangladesh</a>. It was founded by Turkish general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Jahan_Ali" class="extiw" title="en:Khan Jahan Ali">Ulugh Khan Jahan</a> in the early 15th century. It is an enormous Moghol architectural site covering a very large area (160 x 108) square feet. The mosque is unique in that, it has sixty pillars, which support eighty one (81) exquisitely curved domes that have worn away with the passage of time. The structure of the building also represents the 15th century Turki architectural view.
It is anticipated that, before 1459 a greatest devotee of Islam named Khan Jahan Ali established this mosque. He was also the founder of Bagerhat district.
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