Taltoli Jama Mosque

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 Comilla, Bangladesh.[1]

Taltoli Jama Mosque
তালতলি জামে মসজিদ
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
ProvinceChittagong Division
LeadershipImam
Location
LocationComilla, Bangladesh
Architecture
Completed1891
Specifications
Direction of façadeEast
Minaret(s)4

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.

See also

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. Ashraf, Syed Ismail (2 April 2013). "Munshibari Estate: Quiet and isolated". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014.

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