Musa Khan Mosque

The Musa Khan Mosque is a Sunni , located in the southern part of , the capital of . Built during the Mughal era, in the 18th century, the Mughal style mosque holds significant historical value and is named after Musa Khan the son of one of the most prominent Baro-Bhuyans of medieval , Isa Khan.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: mosque in Bangladesh
  • Address: কার্জন হল রোড

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mausoleum of Three Leaders and Curzon Hall.

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The , officially Three National Leaders' Shrine, located at , New Dhaka in Bangladesh. It contains the graves of three prominent leaders of Pakistan Movement from Bengal: A. is situated 280 metres north of Musa Khan Mosque.

University building
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is a British Raj-era building and the home of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Dhaka, located in . The building was originally intended to be a town hall and is named after Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India who laid its foundation stone in 1904. is situated 130 metres northeast of Musa Khan Mosque.

Mosque
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Baitul Mukarram, officially , is the national mosque of Bangladesh. It is located at the center of , the capital of . The mosque was completed in 1968. It has a capacity of more than 42,000 worshippers. is situated 1¼ km east of Musa Khan Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Dhaka and Paltan.

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is a term used to refer to the historic old city of , the capital of Bangladesh. Located on the banks of the , it was one of the largest and most prosperous cities of the , and the center of the worldwide muslin trade.

Suburb
is a thana of , the capital of . It is often said to be the center of Dhaka, dividing "Old Dhaka" and "New Dhaka". was made a thana in 2005 by then Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.

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Central includes Motijheel, the centre of finance and business, the University of Dhaka, a historic area with a number of museums, and Tejgaon-Dhanmondi, home to large shopping malls, markets and a variety of eateries.

Musa Khan Mosque

Latitude
23.72675° or 23° 43′ 36″ north
Longitude
90.40083° or 90° 24′ 3″ east
Open location code
7MMGPCG2+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 297609721
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q13059380
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Musa Khan Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Xhamia e Musa Khanit në Dhaka”
  • Albanian: “Xhamia e Musa Khanit”
  • Arabic: “مسجد موسى خان”
  • Bengali: “মুসা খান মসজিদ”
  • Bengali: “মুসা খানের মসজিদ”
  • Bengali: “মুসা খাঁর মসজিদ”
  • Dutch: “Musa Khan-moskee”
  • Hindi: “मूसा ख़ान मस्जिद”
  • Persian: “مسجد موسی خان”
  • Urdu: “موسی خان مسجد”
  • Uzbek: “Musoxon masjidi”
  • Western Panjabi: “موسی خان مسجد”

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