Mosque City of Bagerhat
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How it came to be
Bagerhat in south-western Bangladesh was once called Khalifatabad. In the 15th century the Bengal Sultanate made the Turkic general Ulugh Khan Jahan governor in the Sundarbans, and he founded the city.
It was built within a few years: 360 mosques, mausoleums, bridges, roads and water tanks, all in baked brick. The largest, the Shait Gumbad or Sixty Dome Mosque, has 60 pillars and 77 domes. The style, with its terracotta ornament, is known as the Khan Jahan style.
After the founder died in 1459 the city was swallowed by jungle. More than 50 buildings have been uncovered by clearing the vegetation, and the city was inscribed in 1985.
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