Nayabad Mosque or Noyabaad Mosque, is located in Nayabad village in

Kaharole Upazila Kaharole ( bn, কাহারোল) is an upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Geography Kaharole is located at . It has 22448 households and total area 205.54 km2. Demographics As of the 1991 Bangladesh ...

Dinajpur District, Bangladesh Dinajpur district ( bn, দিনাজপুর জেলা) is a district in the Rangpur Division of northern Bangladesh. Dinajpur is the largest district among all sixteen northern districts of Bangladesh. History Dinajpur was once a par ...

, beside the

Dhepa River The Dhepa River is a small river in northern Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 16 ...

. It was built in 1793 CE during the rule of Mughal ruler

Shah Alam II Shah Alam II (; 25 June 1728 – 19 November 1806), also known by his birth name Ali Gohar (or Ali Gauhar), was the seventeenth Mughal Emperor and the son of Alamgir II. Shah Alam II became the emperor of a crumbling Mughal empire. His powe ...

. As indicated by local belief it was built by the Muslim architectural workers who came from Persia to build the

Kantajew Temple Kantanagar Temple, commonly known as Kantaji Temple or Kantajew Temple ( bn, কান্তজীর মন্দির) at Kantanagar, is a late-medieval Hindu temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. The Kantajew Temple is a religious edifice belonging ...

for their own use.

Structure

The building is oblong, with three entrances on one side. The roof has three domes, and at each corner an octagonal tower with a cupola (two of the cupolas are now missing). The outer dimensions of the building are by , with walls that are thick.

References

Mosques in Bangladesh Dinajpur District, Bangladesh Religious buildings and structures completed in 1793 1793 establishments in India 1793 establishments in the British Empire Archaeological sites in Dinajpur district {{Bangladesh-mosque-stub