Sayed Jamaluddin Mosque Explained

Building Name:Sayed Jamaluddin Mosque
Native Name:مسجد سيد جمال الدين
Native Name Lang:ar
Location:Hooghly district, West Bengal, India
Religious Affiliation:Islam
Architecture Style:Islamic architecture

Sayed Jamaluddin Mosque (Bengali: সৈয়দ জামালুদ্দিনের মসজিদ, Arabic: مسجد سيد جمال الدين) is a former mosque and archaeological site located in the ancient city of Saptagram in Hooghly district, West Bengal. The mosque was built during the reign of the Bengali sultan Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah.

History

A stone foundation plaque attached to the mosque states that it was constructed by Sayed Jamaluddin, son of Sayed Fakhruddin of Amol during the reign of Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah. The date mentioned in the inscription is Ramadan 936 AH which corresponds to May 1529. Within the mosque complex are three tombs, which belong to Sayed Fakhruddin, his wife and his eunuch.[1]

Architecture

It is a unique brick built mosque decorated with terracotta ornamentation. It represents the terracotta elements of the Islamic architecture of Bengal.[2] There are three tombs in the mosque complex. At present the ruined mosque is under the maintenance of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).[3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126929/page/n79. Asiatic Society Of Pakistan Vol-ii. Ahmad Hasan Dani. Ahmad Hasan Dani. Analysis of the Inscriptions. 1957 . 71.
  2. Web site: Tracking the ancient terracotta mosques of Bengal. November 30, 2018.
  3. Web site: বাংলায় ভ্রমণ -দ্বিতীয় খণ্ড. bn.wikisource.org. November 30, 2018.
  4. Web site: Syed Jalamuddin Mosque, Adisaptagram. Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. November 30, 2018.
  5. Web site: Alphabetical List of Monuments – West Bengal. asi.nic.in. December 3, 2018.