The headquarters of the newly constructed Bagerhat Town district was established in 1984. There are numerous historic mosques, reservoirs, unremarkable building remnants, and cultural mounds scattered around the communities that border it on the west.
Furthermore, to the north of this collection of archeological ruins, there are the remnants of a moribund river. Each of these pieces of evidence can be roughly compared to the overall concept of a medieval town setup. It looks that the lost town measured 6.4 km in length from east to west and 3.5 km from north to south. In 1980, it was designated as a World Cultural Heritage Site (323 BGD).
The two categories of Bagerhat’s archaeological remnants are the structural ruins of non-descript types and the remaining buildings. Some seem promising for their hidden gems among the latter. These include Khan Jahan’s dwelling, the mounds at Kazi Ali, Kazi Banstala, Atis, Hasemgara, Karim, Alam Kha, Shahdat Khar Dighi, and Shahdat Kha’s reservoir. However, the remaining structures produce a rather unique architecture that could be referred to as Khan Jahania.
The Sait Gumbad is without a doubt Bangladesh’s most spectacular and largest brick mosque among the many surviving examples of Khan Jahan AR architecture. It is located in the district of Bagerhat.
Bagerhat is now the second World Heritage site in Bangladesh after Paharpur, having been inscribed on the World Heritage list by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for its exceptional architectural merit. The French magazine Historian referred to it as a “city of mosques” because of the large number of mosques.
In the early 15th century AD, Khan Jahan Ali, the first Islamic torchbearer in the south, arrived from Delhi to build a Muslim colony in this marshland.
He lived there for the remainder of his life because of the area’s natural beauty. In a very short period of time, history claims that he built roughly 360 mosques, that many of fresh water tanks, palaces, mausoleums, and other public buildings.
