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Adina Mosque, the Glossary

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Archaeological sites in West Bengal
Bengal Sultanate mosques
Former mosques in India
Maldah
Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal
Mosques completed in 1375
Mosques in West Bengal
Tourist attractions in Malda district

Arabesque

The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined with other elements.

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Architecture of Bengal

The Architecture of Bengal, which comprises the modern country of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley, has a long and rich history, blending indigenous elements from the Indian subcontinent, with influences from different parts of the world.

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Baro Shona Masjid

Baro Shona Masjid (Bengali: বড়ো সোনা মসজিদ, Great Golden Mosque), also known as Baroduari Masjid (Bengali: বারোদুয়ারী মসজিদ, 12-gated Mosque), is located in Gour, West Bengal, India. Adina Mosque and Baro Shona Masjid are Bengal Sultanate mosques, Maldah, Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal, mosques in West Bengal and Tourist attractions in Malda district.

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Bengal Sultanate

The Bengal Sultanate (Middle Bengali: শাহী বাঙ্গালা, Classical Persian:, Arabic) was a late medieval sultanate based in the Bengal region between the 14th and 16th century.

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Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress.

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Brick

A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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Byzantine architecture

Byzantine architecture is the architecture of the Byzantine Empire, or Eastern Roman Empire, usually dated from 330 AD, when Constantine the Great established a new Roman capital in Byzantium, which became Constantinople, until the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453.

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Caliphate

A caliphate or khilāfah (خِلَافَةْ) is a monarchical form of government (initially elective, later absolute) that originated in the 7th century Arabia, whose political identity is based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad and the identification of a monarch called caliph (خَلِيفَةْ) as his heir and successor.

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Column

A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below.

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Courtyard

A courtyard or court is a circumscribed area, often surrounded by a building or complex, that is open to the sky.

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Delhi Sultanate

The Delhi Sultanate or the Sultanate of Delhi was a late medieval empire primarily based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, for 320 years (1206–1526).

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Dome

A dome is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere.

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Earthquake

An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

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Façade

A façade or facade is generally the front part or exterior of a building.

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Ilyas Shahi dynasty

The Ilyas Shahi dynasty (ইলিয়াস শাহী খান্দান, دودمان الیاس‌شاهی) was the first independent dynasty to set the foundations of the late medieval Sunni Muslim Sultanate of Bengal of Turk origin. Adina Mosque and Ilyas Shahi dynasty are Sunni dynasties.

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Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.

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Indo-Islamic architecture

Indo-Islamic architecture is the architecture of the Indian subcontinent produced by and for Islamic patrons and purposes.

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Iranian architecture

Iranian architecture or Persian architecture (معمارى ایرانی, Me'māri e Irāni) is the architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

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Islamic architecture

Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam.

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Malda district

Malda district, also spelt Maldah or Maldaha (often), is a district in West Bengal, India.

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Mecca

Mecca (officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam.

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Mosque

A mosque, also called a masjid, is a place of worship for Muslims.

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Pandua, Malda

Pandua, also historically known as Hazrat Pandua and later Firuzabad, is a ruined city in the Malda district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Adina Mosque and Pandua, Malda are Tourist attractions in Malda district.

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Persianate society

A Persianate society is a society that is based on or strongly influenced by the Persian language, culture, literature, art and/or identity.

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Rock (geology)

In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.

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Sasanian Empire

The Sasanian Empire or Sassanid Empire, and officially known as Eranshahr ("Land/Empire of the Iranians"), was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th to 8th centuries.

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Sikandar Shah

Abul Mujāhid Sikandar Shāh (আবুল মুজাহিদ সিকান্দর শাহ, ابو المجاهد سكندر شاه), commonly known as Sikandar Shah; was the second Sultan of Bengal and the Ilyas Shahi dynasty.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.

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Umayyad Mosque

The Umayyad Mosque (al-Jāmiʿ al-Umawī), also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world.

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University of California Press

The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing.

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Vishva Hindu Parishad

Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) is an Indian far-right Hindu organisation based on Hindu nationalism.

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West Bengal

West Bengal (Bengali: Poshchim Bongo,, abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India.

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Wilderness

Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural) are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity, or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation.

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References

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Adina Mosque, the Glossary

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See also

Archaeological sites in West Bengal

Bengal Sultanate mosques

Former mosques in India

Maldah

Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal

Mosques completed in 1375

Mosques in West Bengal

Tourist attractions in Malda district

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