Historical Bajra Shahi Mosque of Noakhali

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The picture you are seeing is the Bajra Shahi Masjid in Noakhali, modeled after the Delhi Jama Masjid. It is a historical mosque.

Mughal zamindar Aman Ullah Khan built this Shahi Masjid at Bajra in Noakhali district in 1153 Hijri in imitation of the famous Shahi Jame Masjid in Delhi.

According to one information, Zamindar Aman Ullah dug a huge dam with a high bank on 30 acres of land right in front of his house. He built this historical mosque with three domes about 116 feet long and 74 feet wide and about 20 feet high with attractive arcades on the western bank of this lake. Foundations are made about 20 feet below the ground to strengthen the foundation of the mosque. The domes are decorated with beautiful marble stones. There are 3 arched doors to enter this mosque. Again there are some domes on the entrance of the mosque. The west wall has 3 carved mihrabs. After 177 years of construction, this mosque was repaired in 1909.

On the eastern side of this mosque is a large arch. On the second floor of the pylon there is a beautiful tall minaret. For the beauty and decoration of the mosque, Chinese glass is cut and placed on the mosque. Between 1911 and 1928, Amanullah's descendants Ali Ahmad and Mujib al-Din Bajra redecorated the interior of the mosque. It is said that there is no such elaborate mosque in Bangladesh except Delhi.

It is known that at the interest of the king, one of the best elders of Makkah Sharif, Hazrat Maulana Shah Abu Bakr Siddiqui (R.A.), served as the first imam of this mosque.

It is known that, in view of the demands of the locals, the Archeology Department of the Government of Bangladesh declared the mosque as an antiquities in the official gazette on November 29, 1998.

Source: Wikipedia