• In that context Chawk Mosque may be regarded as the first known example of Residential Madrasa Mosque.
  • The Chawk Mosque (also Chawk Masjid) is a mosque in the city of Murshidabad, India. It was founded in 1767 AD by Munny Begum, wife of Nawab Mir Zafar.
  • A loose inscription tablet has been found from the Chawk Mosque complex that contains a religious text in Arabic written in the Naskh script.
  • The mosque’s beauty is highlighted by the three pointed arches drawn from the four centers. There are three archways supported from all four sides.
  • The Chawk Mosque in Dhaka is located in the Chowk Bazaar area of the old town of Dhaka, south of the current city centre.
  • Chawk MosqueChawk means a shopping place or market square in shape and masjid means mosque. So the total sum up to a mosque in a market.
  • Navrang India December 25, 2018. Chawk Mosque, Murhidabad Wikimedia Commons. Chawk Mosque, Murhidabad, WB HelloTravel.
  • In Bengali, the cotton carder means Dhuni(ধুনি). Using this word, later the mosque was named as Dhuni Chawk Mosque(ধুনি চক মসজিদ).
  • Chawk Bazaar Shahi mosque has a very tall minaret which used to be the tallest structure in Dhaka. The minaret could be seen from any place in Dhaka.
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