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Sayed Jamaluddin Mosque

Ruined terracotta-decorated mosque of 1529 in the ancient city of Saptagram

Photo: Pinakpani · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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01 — The story

The story

The Sayed Jamaluddin Mosque is a partly ruined brick mosque in the ancient city of Saptagram, Hooghly district, West Bengal. A stone plaque names its builder as Sayed Jamaluddin, whose father was Sayed Fakhruddin of Amol, and says he raised it during the reign of the Bengal sultan Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah, dated Ramadan 936 AH, which fell in May 1529 or 1530.

The mosque is notable for its brickwork decorated with terracotta, a fine example of the terracotta tradition of Bengal's architecture. Within the complex are three tombs: those of Sayed Fakhruddin, of his wife and of his eunuch. No longer used for prayer, it is now an archaeological site and a Monument of National Importance cared for by the Archaeological Survey of India.

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02 — About

About Sayed Jamaluddin Mosque

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Where it is

Hooghly, West Bengal

22.96° N 88.37° E