Chini Mosque

The Chini Mosque, also known as the Glass Mosque, is a Sunni mosque, located in Saidpur city of Nilphamari district in Rangpur Division of Bangladesh.

History

The construction of the mosque was started in 1863 by Haji Bakir Ali Ahmed and was completed within a year as a little prayer house. Later Wazir Ali Ahmed, a descendant of the founders family started the extension and modification work of this mosque. After that, in the middle of the 20th century the sons of the late Wazir Ali Ahmed, Mofizuddin Ahmed and Shafiuddin Ahmed continued the beautification work of the mosque. At the time the ceramics pieces were brought from Kolkata as there was no ceramic factory in East Pakistan/Bengal.

Architecture

To decorate Chini Masjid, 283 pieces of cross marble stones and of small chips of Chinaware-plate and pieces of glass porcelain were used. The mosque has 27 minarets, of which five have never been completed.