Lalbagh Fort, an unfinished Mughal palace stronghold in Dhaka stood on the banks of the river Buriganga in the southwestern part of the old city. The river has now moved further south and flows at Quite a distance from the fort. D’Oily’s painting (1809-1 I) shows that more than half of this east-west oblong stronghold touched the water of the river on its southern and southwestern sides. The building of the fort was commencing in 1678 AD by Prince Muhammad Azam during his I 5 month long vice-royalty of Bengal.
For a long time the fort was measured to be a amalgamation of three building (the mosque, the tomb of Bibi Pari and the Diwan-i-Aam), two gateways and a piece of the partly spoiled strengthening wall. In the current fort area of 7.2 hectares, excavations have exposed the remains of structure. Of the three existing gateways, the southern one is the most impressive. Seen from the front it is a three-storied arrangement with a fronton, surrounded with slender minarets. From inside it gives the feeling of a two-storied structure.
A water waterway with fountains at regular interval connects the three buildings from east to west and two comparable channels run from south to north. The building in the central point, the tomb of Bibi Pari, is the most remarkable of the surviving buildings of the fort. Eight rooms enclose a central square room, containing the mortal remains of Bibi Pari, which is enclosed by a false dome. Octagonal in shape, and wrapped by self-assurance plate. The entire inner wall of the central room was enclosed with white marble. While the four side middle rooms had stone skirting up to a tallness of one meter. The wall in the four bend rooms was skirted with good-looking glazed floral tiles. The tiles have lately, been restored; two of the innovative tiles have been retained. The southeastern bend room contains a small grave, commonly known to be of Shamsad Begum, perhaps a relative of Bibi Pari. The Lalbagh Fort Mosque is a three-domed mosque with a irrigate tank.
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