Taltoli Jama Mosque Explained

Taltoli Jama Mosque
তালতলি জামে মসজিদ
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Location:Taltoli, Kachua Upazila, Chandpur, Bangladesh
Map Type:Bangladesh
Religious Affiliation:Sunni Islam
Leadership:Imam
Year Completed:1891
Facade Direction:East
Minaret Quantity:4

The Taltoli Jama Mosque (Bengali: তালতলি জামে মসজিদ), formerly known as the Munshibari Jama Mosque, is a 19th-century Jama Masjid of the village of Taltoli in Chandpur District, Bangladesh.[1]

History

It was completed in 1891 in British India by Ab'dul Hamid Munshi of the Munshibari estate by a pond owned by the Munshibari family.[2]

Since then, the Imams and Muezzins called the local Muslims to the congregational mosque (then known as the Munshibari Masjid), where Jumu'ah or weekly Friday noon congregation prayers took place.

Architecture

Built by local masons, the structure is of Indo-Saracenic and Indo-Islamic blend. It has four minarets in four corners of the structure, a hallway, the Mihrab in the main prayer room (musallah).

The Mihrab has a Minbar for regional khatibs to deliver sermons (khutbah) The exterior has a corridor by the pond for ritual purification (Wudu). The stairs lead to the top of the mosque. The structure houses a living quarter for the Islamic scholars and carved in library in the main hall for scriptures used during Madrasah lessons.

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Notes and References

  1. Islamic Foundation. Ministry of Religious Affairs, People's Republic of Bangladesh. Comilla 1947-1971. Ruhul Amin (1996). Uttara Dhaka. pp. 17-19.
  2. News: Ashraf . Syed Ismail . 2 April 2013 . Munshibari Estate: Quiet and isolated . Daily Sun . https://web.archive.org/web/20141026120834/http://www.daily-sun.com/index.php?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=02-04-2013&type=Munshibari-Estate:-Quiet-and-isolated&pub_no=456&cat_id=1&menu_id=45&news_type_id=1&index=2 . 26 October 2014.