Kartalab Khan Mosque

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Kartalab Khan Mosque or Begum Bazar Mosque situated in the Begum Bazar area in old Dhaka, Bangladesh, was built by Nawab Diwan Murshid Quli Khan alias Kartalab Khan in 1701–04. It is located beside the modern Jail of the city. The mosque consists of a high valuated platform, a mosque with a Dochala annex on the north upon the western half of the platform and a Baoli or stepped well to the east of the platform. Unlike the three-domed mosques at Lalbagh Fort and Atishkhana, that is, the Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque, it is roofed over by five Bulbous domes resting on octagonal drums. The whole mosque was once reconstructed by the Jamider of Dhaka, Mirza Golam Pir. In accordance with Murshid Quli Khan's wishes, he was buried under the entrance to this mosque.