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Kamalapur Mosque
Archaeological site located in Barishal District From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Kamalapur Mosque, (Bengali: কমলাপুর মসজিদ) also known as Masum Khan Mosque, (Bengali: মাসুম খাঁ মসজিদ) is a square-shaped, three-domed ancient mosque and archaeological site located in Barisal District of Bangladesh.[1] It is located in the Kamalapur village under Gournadi Upazila. It was built in the Mughal style, by a zamindar Masum Khan during the 16th century.[2][3]
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History
The mosque is a protected monument by Department of Archaeology since 1975.
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The walls of the mosque are 1.83 metres (6 ft 0 in) thick, 17.22 metres (56.5 ft) long, to the north–south, and 8.08 metres (26.5 ft) wide, to the east–west. It has five arched doorways, three on the east and one each on the north and south sides. The center arch on the east side is larger than the rest.[4]
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