District : Dhaka
Upazila : Ramna (thana)
A spectacular ancient architecture from Ramna Police station in the east near the mazar of the three leaders of the Sohrai Wadi Gardens near Dhaka Gate. This is a small mosque. A mosque complex with a shrine and an arcade near it. The mosque is a vertex built on a high ground and has 3 domes. The mosque has 3 entrances on the eastern wall and there are 1 entrance on the north and south walls. On the west wall there are 3 ornamental mihrabs. Mosque building has 4 detention mines in 4 corners. Under the subedar Shaista Khan, a wealthy person named Khan Shahbaz built the mosque in 1679. The mausoleum built in a one-domed square with a mound about 50 feet east of the mosque. This is the tomb of Haji Khwaja Shahbaz. In the south of the tomb, there is a doochala verandah, this type of verandah is not generally seen in Bengal. The main tomb is approximately 26 square feet. The tomb has 4 towers in 4 corners. There are 3 entrances to the South for access to the mausoleum. A mihrab is seen on the north wall. A damaged wall and arcade can be seen on the east side of the mosque and the shrine, it is known as "Shah-Ki-Deuri".
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