The Sixty Dome Mosque (ষাট গম্বুজ মসজিদ)

 The Sixty Dome Mosque  Shaṭ Gombuj Moshjid; more commonly known as Shait Gambuj 

Mosque or Saith Gunbad Masjid), is a mosque in Bagerhat, Bangladesh. It is a part of 

the Mosque City of Bagerhat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the largest mosque in 

Bangladesh from the sultanate period (1352–1576). It was built during the Bengal 

Sultanate by Khan Jahan Ali, the governor of the Sundarbans. It has been described as "one 

of the most impressive Muslim monuments in the whole of South Asia.

It is located in Bagerhat district in southern Bangladesh which is in Khulna 

Division. It is about 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the main town of Bagerhat. Bagerhat is 

nearly 320 km (200 mi) from Dhaka which is the capital of Bangladesh.

The ‘Sixty Dome’ Mosque has walls of unusually thick, tapered brick in the Tughlaq style 

and a hut-shaped roofline that anticipates later styles. The length of the mosque is 160 feet 

and width is 108 feet. There are 77 low domes arranged in seven rows of eleven, and one 

dome on each corner, bringing the total to 81 domes. There are four towers. Two of four 

towers were used to call azaan. The interior is divided into many aisles and bays by slender 

columns, which culminate in numerous arches that support the roof.

The mosque has 77 squat domes with 7 four-sided pitched Bengali domes in the middle 

row. The vast prayer hall, although provided with 11 arched doorways on east and 7 each on 

north and south for ventilation and light, presents a dark and somber appearance inside. It is 

divided into 7 longitudinal aisles and 11 deep bays by a forest of 60 slender stone columns, 

from which springs rows of endless arches, supporting the domes. Six feet thick, slightly 

tapering walls and hollow and round, almost detached corner towers, resembling the 

bastions of fortress, each capped by small rounded cupolas, recall the Tughlaq architecture 

of Delhi.The mosque represents wonderful archeological beauty which was the signature in 

the 15th century.