03/09/2022
Bagerhat is a city and municipality in southwestern Bangladesh, the administrative center of the district of the same name. Bagerhat is a historical city of mosques, which residents revere as the cradle of Islam in their country. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is located outside of modern Bagerhat, at the confluence of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. Previously, the city was called Khalifatabad. It was founded by the Turkish military commander Ulugh Khan Jahan (also known as Khan Jahan Ali) in the XV century. To date, about 50 large monuments have been preserved here.
