Zafar Khan Ghazi Mosque And Dargah

Inscription on Zafar Khan’s tomb was translated by British office H.Balochman, which read as “Khan the lion of lions has appeared by conquering the towns of India in every expedition and by restoring the decayed religious institutions. And he has destroyed the obdurate among the infidels with his sword and spear and lavished the treasures of his wealth in helping miserable”.

The title Ghazi is given to an Islamic warrior who has slaughtered and destroyed the kaffirs (non-believers). One can notice Hindu temple architecture on entrance doors, walls and pillars. Details regarding history of Vishnu Temple like who built it and when are still unknown.

British officer D.Money of the Bengal civil services who had met with the Khadims(servents) of Ghazi Zafar Khan’s mausoleum in the year 1847 scanned some of the documents given to him by the Khadims, the documents clearly stated that Zafar Mohamed Khan along with his nephew Shah Sufi came from western India to slay the infidels (Hindus) of Bengal and turn them to Islam. It mentions that Zafar Khan fought and converted local ruler Man Nirapati to Islam.

It was the second battle with the ruler Budheb that the all-conquering Ghazi met his fate by having his head chopped off and his torso buried in Tribeni.

Mosque’s east door clearly resembles at temple entrance architecture, while the Mangal Ghat is full of designs on temple walls. Metal pieces in the below picture are from the Battle Axe of Zafar Khan, which he used to destroy temple walls.

Zafar Khan Gazi dargah is one of the oldest and historical monument in eastern India. This monument consists of two mosques. Both of these mosques are built of bricks and stones. The dargah was built in 1298 by Zafar Khan Gazi, a military general of the sultan of Delhi. This dargah contains the tombs of Zafar Khan Gazi and many members of his family. A part of the dargah is still used as a prayer room, many people comes here to pray. This dargah was declared as a monument of national importance in 1908 and protected under Archaeological Survey of India.

Everyone is welcome here. It is very lush and peaceful. There are seating spaces. The architecture is beautiful and has many unique features. Also, check out the huge banyan tree at the middle of the ground.

It's a must visit place if you are interested in history. It comes under the Archeological survey of India . This place is very calm and clean and this is not a crowded place unlike the other places.

One of the oldest remains of Islamic architecture in Bengal, dating back to 1315. The mosque is in ruins, but is still used by the locals for prayers.

It is located near the river Ganges, near Tribeni rail station. The complex is very peaceful and has a small garden.

Zafar Khan Ghazi Mosque and Dargah

Situated at Tribeni in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India, are considered to be among the earliest surviving Muslim monuments in Bengal. According to an inscription, the mosque is dated 698 AH/1298 AD. Tribeni (junction of three rivers viz, the Ganga, the Jamuna and the Sarasvati - hence the name) was an ancient holy place of the Hindus. The Muslims conquered it during the early phase of their conquest of Bengal.

The ornamentation of the northern bay wall is in ruins, but surviving traces show its dissimilarity from the southern. The composition here shows two small vertical panels each containing a multifoil arch with a finial from which hangs a chain ending in a round pendant. What is significant about these bay walls is that they are completely incongruous with the mosque interior but their ornamentation surprisingly resembles that in the bagha mosque (1524) in Rajshahi district.

Only yards away to the east of the mosque, beyond an open courtyard, stand two square rooms aligned east-west side by side, the western housing two graves - those of Zafar Khan Ghazi and his wife and the eastern showing four graves on a masonry platform. The walls are built of old temple materials - rectangular stone pieces - and the rooms are without a roof and open to the sky. A rectangular shallow niche enters them through a central door in the north wall flanked on either side with a trefoil arch above. The northern door of the western room is made up of a Hindu frame as shown by carved Hindu figures. The eastern room shows sculptured scenes from the ramayana and the mahabharata. There are other stone sculptures fixed at the plinth on the outer face. It is, however, surprising that the structure neither conforms to a Hindu temple nor to a Muslim tomb. What is probable is that it was built on a makeshift plan with reshuffled temple materials. The unsettled nature of Muslim occupation of the region at the time supports such a suggestion.

It is one of the most popular mosque in our locality and also one of the most oldest all over the India ...
This is a very peaceful & holy place ....
You will feel the presence of the Almighty , the Allah.....

Zafar Khan Ghazi Mosque and Dargah situated at Tribeni in hughli district, West Bengal, India, are considered to be among the earliest surviving Muslim monuments in Bengal. According to an inscription, the mosque is dated 698 AH/1298 AD. Tribeni (junction of three rivers viz, the Ganga, the Jamuna and the Sarasvati - hence the name) was an ancient holy place of the Hindus. The Muslims conquered it during the early phase of their conquest of Bengal.