District : Dhaka
Upazila : Begum Bazar
The Kartalab Khan Mosque is located at Begum Bazar in the capital Dhaka. Because of this, the mosque is also known as Begum Bazar Mosque. It is a 5-dome and a rectangular mosque. Murshid Quli Khan built this mosque between 1700 and 1704 AD. Murshid Quli Khan's other name was Kartalab Khan. The mosque has been named as Karatalab Khan Mosque. He was appointed as Dewan of Dhaka during the reign of King Aurangzeb. It is a two-storeyed building. There was Tahkhana in the ground floor. And the position of Masjid was above. There are 5 mihrabs on the western wall of the mosque. There are 5 ways to access the eastern wall. There are two narrow monuments on each side of the entrance. There are 1 entrance in the south. There are two narrow monuments on either side. There is no entrance gate on the north wall. But there is a small room. The room was thought to be used as the living room of the Imam of the mosque.
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