Jhenaidah

Jhenaidah lies in western Bengal, in the country of the Bhairab and its connecting waterways. To the south, Barobazar preserves a group of mosques from the Bengal Sultanate period. Their brick walls, domes and terracotta ornament reveal the prosperity of an older settlement along the routes between inland Bengal and the delta.

Among the buildings at Barobazar is the Gorar Mosque, a square domed prayer hall with a front room and octagonal corner towers. It has no surviving inscription, but its architectural form resembles buildings of the Ilyas Shahi period. Other mosques and tombs in the area are associated with the movement of Khan Jahan and his followers towards Khalifatabad in the fifteenth century. Together they mark the growth of Muslim religious centres along the route through southwestern Bengal.