SSC Unit : 8; Lesson 1(B); The Shat Gambuj Mosque
âHeritageâ is what we inherit from the past, live with them in the present and then pass on to our children or future generation. Our unique source of life and inspiration is our cultural and natural heritage.
āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āϝāĻž āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āϤā§āϤ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāϏā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻ, āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāύā§āϤāĻžāύāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻāύā§āĻŽā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻšāϏā§āϤāĻžāύā§āϤāϰ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āĻŦāύā§āϰ āĻ āύāύā§āϝ āĻā§āϏ āĻ āĻ āύā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāĨ¤
When we speak of âWorld Heritageâ, it indicates places and sites that we got from the past and pass on to the future generation of the entire world.
āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻŋ, āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āϏāĻŦ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ āĻāĻžā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰ⧠āϝāĻž āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ āϤā§āϤ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻāύā§āĻŽā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āϰā§āĻā§ āϝāĻžāĻāĨ¤
The âShat Gambuj Mosqueâ in Bagerhat is such a heritage. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. Originally, the historic Mosque City was known as â Khalifatabadâ.
āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϰāĻšāĻžāĻā§āϰ āώāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽā§āĻŦā§āĻ āĻŽāϏāĻāĻŋāĻĻ āĻāĻŽāύāĻ āĻāĻ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§Ģ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻāύā§āϏā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĒā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻŽā§āϞāϤ āĻāĻ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāϏāĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻļāĻšāϰ âāĻāϞāĻŋāĻĢāĻžāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻâ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
It is situated at the outskirts of Bagerhat town— not very far from the dense mangrove forest of the Sundarbans. Khalifatabad was a Muslim colony.
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϰāĻšāĻžāĻ āĻļāĻšāϰā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤāĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ, āϝāĻž āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰāĻŦāύā§āϰ āĻāύ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύāĻā§āϰā§āĻ āĻŦāύ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āύā§āĨ¤ āĻāϞāĻŋāĻĢāĻžāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϏāϞāĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāĨ¤
It was founded by the Turkish general, a saint warrior Ulugh Khan Jahan in the 15th century. The infrastructure of the city reveals significant technical skills in many mosques as well as early Islamic monuments.
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻĻāĻļ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϤ⧠āϤā§āϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻžāϰā§āϞ āϧāϰā§āĻŽāĻĒāϰāĻžā§āύ āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻž āĻāϞā§āĻ āĻāĻžāύāĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āϤā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻļāĻšāϰā§āϰ āĻ āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻā§ā§āĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāϏāϞāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āϏā§āĻŽā§āϤāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻ āĻ āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻŽāϏāĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Baked bricks are used for the construction of the buildings. The planning of the city is distinctly dominated by Islamic architecture and the decorations are a combination of Mughal and Turkish architecture.
āĻāĻ āĻāĻŦāύāĻā§āϞ⧠āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒā§ā§āĻž āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻļāĻšāϰā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻžā§ āĻāϏāϞāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāϤā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĻāϤ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻžāύā§āϝ āϞāĻā§āώ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ āϞāĻāĻāϰāĻŖā§ āĻŽā§āĻāϞ āĻ āϤā§āϰā§āĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāϤā§āϝā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāύā§āĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
Khan Jahan built a network of roads, bridges, public buildings and reservoirs to make the city habitable. There are about 360 mosques in the city.
āĻāĻžāύāĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāύ āĻĒāϰāϏā§āĻĒāϰ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻĒāĻĨā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāύā§āĻŦā§ā§ āĻ āύā§āĻ āϰāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻž, āϏā§āϤā§, āϏāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϞāĻžāϧāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧠āĻļāĻšāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϏāĻŦāĻžāϏāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āĻšā§āĨ¤āĻļāĻšāϰāĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§ ā§Šā§Ŧā§Ļ āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻŽāϏāĻāĻŋāĻĻ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Among them the most remarkable is the multi-domed Shat Gombuj Mosque. The mosque is unique in the sense that it has 60 pillars that support the roof, with 77 low height domes.
āĻāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻāĻŽā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āώāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽā§āĻŦā§āĻ āĻŽāϏāĻāĻŋāĻĻ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻāϝā§āĻā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻŽāϏāĻāĻŋāĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨā§ āĻ āύāύā§āϝ āϝā§, āĻāϤ⧠ā§Ŧā§ĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽ āϰā§ā§āĻā§ āϝāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĻāĻā§ āϧāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠ā§ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻā§āĻāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŽā§āĻŦā§āĻ āϰā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
The 4 towers at 4 corners have smaller domes on the roof as well. The vast prayer hall has 11 arched doorways on the east and 7 each on the north and south for light and Ventilation.
āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§āύāĻžā§ āĻāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŽā§āĻŦā§āĻ āϰā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ ā§§ā§§āĻāĻŋ āύāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻĻāϰāĻāĻž āϰā§ā§āĻā§ āĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ âāĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϞ⧠āĻ āĻŦāĻžā§ā§ āĻāϞāĻžāĻāϞā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāϰāĻāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
It has 7 aisles running along the length of the mosque and 11 deep curves between the slender stone columns. These columns support the curving arches created by the domes.
āĻāϤ⧠āĻŽāϏāĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻā§āϝ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻŋāĻĄā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ ā§§ā§§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāύ āϞāĻā§āώ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§ āϏāϰ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰā§āϰ āϏā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύā§āĨ¤āĻāĻ āϏā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻŽā§āĻŦā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϏā§āώā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āϤā§āϰāĻŖāĻā§āϞā§āĻā§ āϏāĻšāĻžā§āϤāĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
The thickness of the arches is 6 feet and have slightly narrowing hollow and round wall. The west wall in the interior has 11 âmihrabsâ (niche in mosque pointing towards Makkah).
āĻāĻ āϤāϰā§āĻŖāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻāύāϤā§āĻŦ ā§ŦāĻĢāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻāĻā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻž āĻ āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§ā§āĻžāϞ āϰā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻŽāϏāĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āĻā§āϝāύā§āϤāϰ⧠āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĻā§ā§āĻžāϞāĻāĻŋ ā§§ā§§āĻāĻŋ âāĻŽā§āĻšāϰāĻžāĻŦâ āϰā§ā§āĻā§ (āϏāĻŽāĻāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āϤāϰ⧠āĻā§āύāĻž āϝāĻž āĻŽāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻļāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϰā§)āĨ¤
These mihrabs are decorated with stonework and terracotta. The floor of the mosque is made of brick. Besides being used as a prayer hall, Khan Jahan used the mosque as his court also.
âāĻŽāĻŋāĻšāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻā§āϞā§â āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ āĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻ āϞāĻāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻŽāϏāĻāĻŋāĻĻāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āϰ āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻŽāϏāĻāĻŋāĻĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžā§āĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāύāĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāύ āĻāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻāϰ āĻāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤā§āύāĨ¤
Today, it is one of the greatest tourist attractions and one of the best architectural beauties of Bangladesh.
āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āύā§āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻāĻ āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ āϏā§āϰāĻž āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāϤā§āϝ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāĨ¤
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Vocabulary
1.Heritage (n) 2.Inherit (v) 3.Unique (adj) 4.Source (n) 5.Inspiration (n) 6.Cultural (adj) 7.Indicate (v) 8.Entire (adj) |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ
1.āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ 2.āĻāϤā§āϤāϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāϏā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āϞāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž 3.āĻ āύāύā§āϝ 4.āĻā§āϏ 5.āĻ āύā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āϰāĻŖāĻž 6.āϏāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ 7.āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļ 8.āϏāĻŽāĻā§āϰ |
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Vocabulary
09. Historic (adj) 10. Outskirts (n) 11. Dense (adj) 12. Colony (n) 13. Saint (n) 14. Warrior (n) 15. Infrastructure (n) 16. Significant (adj) |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ
ā§Ļ⧝. āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤāĻĻā§āĻļ ā§§ā§§. āĻāύ/ āĻāĻā§āϰ ⧧⧍. āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ ā§§ā§Š. āϏāĻžāϧāĻ, āϧāϰā§āĻŽāĻĒāϰāĻžā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ ā§§ā§Ē. āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻž ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻ āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§ ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ |
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Vocabulary
17. Technical (adj) 18. Dominate (v) 19. Architecture (n) 20. Combination (n) 21. Reservoirs (n) 22. Habitable (adj) 23. Ventilation (n) 24. Aisle (n) |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ
ā§§ā§. āĻĒā§āϰāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϤ ā§§ā§Ž. āύāĻŋā§āύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāϧāĻŋāĻĒāϤā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž ⧧⧝. āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāϤā§āϝ ⧍ā§Ļ. āϏāĻŽāύā§āĻŦ⧠⧍⧧. āĻāϞāĻžāϧāĻžāϰ ⧍⧍. āĻŦāĻžāϏāϝā§āĻā§āϝ ā§¨ā§Š. āĻŦāĻžā§ā§ āĻāϞāĻžāĻāϞ ⧍ā§Ē. āĻāϰāĻŋāĻĄā§āϰ |
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Vocabulary
25. Slender (adj) 26. Curving (v) 27. Interior (adj) 28. Create (v) 29. Domes (n) 30. Tourist (n) 31. Decoration (n) 32. Attraction (n) |
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