The Sixty Dome Mosque stands in Bagerhat, about 3 miles (4.8 km) from the town, and is part of the UNESCO-listed Mosque City of Bagerhat. The article names Khan Jahan Ali, governor of the Sundarbans, as founder and architect. Construction ran from 1442 to 1459. It served as a mosque, a madrasa and an assembly hall.
The article names the style as Tughlaq and Bengal Sultanate. Tapered brick walls about 6 feet (1.8 m) thick enclose a hall of 148 by 101 feet (45.26 by 30.89 m) outside. Sixty stone columns divide it into aisles, and the west wall has eleven mihrabs, ten of them blind.
The name conflicts with the count. The roof has 77 low domes in seven rows of eleven, plus one at each corner, for 81 in all. The article suggests it may first have been the Sixty Pillared Mosque.
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