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Chawk Mosque, Dhaka

The Chawkbazar Shahi Mosque also known as Chawk Mosque is a located in the Chowk Bazaar area in the of , .
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Bangladesh
  • Also known as: “Chawk Mosque” and “Chawkbazar Shahi Mosque”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Churihatta Jame Moshjid and Chhota Katra.

Mosque
Photo: Ershad Ahmed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mosque, which is situated 150 metres northwest of Chawk Mosque, Dhaka.

Archaeological site
Photo: Charles D’Oyly, Public domain.
is one of two Katras built during Mughal's regime in , . It was constructed in 1663 by Subahdar Shaista Khan. It is on Hakim Habibur Rahman lane on the bank of the . is situated 340 metres south of Chawk Mosque, Dhaka.

Mosque
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, is a mosque located in Armanitola area, , Bangladesh. The mosque has ornate designs and is decorated with motifs of blue stars. It was built in the first half of the 19th century by Mirza Golam Pir. is situated 600 metres east of Chawk Mosque, Dhaka.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Dhaka and Shakhari Bazar.

Photo: Shmunmun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a term used to refer to the historic old city of , the capital of Bangladesh. It was founded in 1608 as Jahangirabad or Jahangirnagar, the capital of Mughal Province of Bengal and named after the Mughal emperor Jahangir.

Quarter
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Shankhari Bazaar is one of the oldest areas in Bangladesh's , broadly known as Shankhari Potti. It stretches along a narrow lane, lined with richly decorated brick buildings, built during the late Mughal or Colonial period.

Suburb
is the oldest neighbourhood of , which existed before Mughal Period. Currently, the largest publication and book market of Dhaka is located in the area.

Chawk Mosque, Dhaka

Latitude
23.71598° or 23° 42′ 58″ north
Longitude
90.39569° or 90° 23′ 45″ east
Open location code
7MMGP98W+97
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1806229727
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q2477246
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Chawk Mosque, Dhaka” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Xhamia Çouk, Xhamia Çoukbazar Shahi”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia Çoukbazar në Dhaka”
  • Arabic: “مسجد شاوك دكا”
  • Arabic: “مسجد صوق بازار الشاهي”
  • Bengali: “চকবাজার মসজিদ”
  • Bengali: “চকবাজার শাহী মসজিদ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد شاوك دكا”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Chawk Mosque, Dhaka”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Chawk Mosque”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Chawkbazar Shahi Mosque”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Chawk”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Chawkbazar Shahi”
  • Hindi: “चौक बाज़ार शाही मस्जिद”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Chawk”
  • Macedonian: “Чавк”
  • Malay: “Masjid Chawk, Dhaka”
  • Persian: “مسجد چوک”
  • Persian: “مسجد شاهی چوک بازار”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Чавк”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть Чавк”
  • Urdu: “چوک بازار شاہی مسجد”
  • Urdu: “چوک مسجد”
  • Uzbek: “Chavk masjidi”
  • Western Mari: “Чавк мечеть”
  • Western Panjabi: “چوک بازار شاہی مسجد”

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