Information and pictures about some of the surviving Afghan monuments in Bengal region.
Kusumba Mosque
Kusumba Mosque is one of the surviving Afghan monuments in Bengal
(Naogaon District, Bangladesh). It was built in 1558 during the period
of Afghan rule under one of the last Sur rulers Ghiyath al-Din Bahadur
Shah by his official Sulayman
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| Kusumba Mosque |
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| Inside of Kusumba Mosque |
Kherua Mosque
The Kherua Mosque was built in the year 1582 A.D an Afghan Murad Khan
Qaqshal, son of Jauhar Ali Khan Qaqshal at Sherpur in Bogra. The Qaqshal
was an Afghan clan that, along with other Afghan groups followed Masum
Khan Kabuli, who declared himself as “Sultan” and sought to oust the
Mughals from Bengal.
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Kherua Mosque
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Atia mosque
Atia mosque in Tangail district of Bangladesh, built by an Afghan,
Sayyid Khan Panni, in 1609 A.D. He was a mansabdar (ranked officer) of
Mughal Emperor Jehangir
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| Atia mosque |
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