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🕌 Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat

Archaeology & Antiquity Bangladesh Asia

🕌 Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat
15th-century Islamic architectural complex in southern Bangladesh


🕐 3 min read · Updated 10 Apr 2026 at 23:36

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Bagerhat District, Khulna Division, southwestern Bangladesh
  • Founded: c. 1440 by Turkish general Ulugh Khan Jahan
  • Structures: Over 360 mosques, mausoleums, and public buildings
  • UNESCO inscription: 1983

The Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat is an archaeological site in southwestern Bangladesh that preserves a concentrated collection ...

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