Sultanate-era mosques of Bengal: facts and a 5-question quiz

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Five terracotta, brick and stone mosques of Sultanate Bengal in Bangladesh. This is a map-tap quiz with 5 questions, each worth more points as the questions get harder.

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Era: Bengal Sultanate. Region: Bangladesh. The 5 questions are about the following, with a short fact for each. Read them first if you want a head start, or skip to the quiz and read afterwards.

Facts behind the questions (spoilers)

Chhota Sona Mosque: The Chhota Sona Mosque (Small Golden Mosque), in the Bangladesh part of the Gaur–Lakhnauti ruins, was built by Wali Muhammad during the reign of the Bengal sultan Alauddin Husain Shah (1493–1519); the inscription's date is lost, so it is dated by the reign.
Binat Bibi Mosque: The Binat Bibi Mosque is associated with a woman named Bakht Binte Marhama.
Bagha Mosque: Bagha Mosque (Bagha, Rajshahi district) was built by Nusrat Shah in 1523–24 (930 AH), according to its inscription.
Darasbari Mosque: Darasbari ('house of lesson') takes its name from a place of learning that lay east of the mosque across a large tank.
Kusumba Mosque: Kusumba Mosque, in Naogaon, is dated by an inscription to 966 AH (1558–59), under Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, one of the last Sur rulers of Bengal, and was built by an official named Sulaiman.

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What should I know about Chhota Sona Mosque? The Chhota Sona Mosque (Small Golden Mosque), in the Bangladesh part of the Gaur–Lakhnauti ruins, was built by Wali Muhammad during the reign of the Bengal sultan Alauddin Husain Shah (1493–1519); the inscription's date is lost, so it is dated by the reign.

What should I know about Binat Bibi Mosque? The Binat Bibi Mosque is associated with a woman named Bakht Binte Marhama.

What should I know about Bagha Mosque? Bagha Mosque (Bagha, Rajshahi district) was built by Nusrat Shah in 1523–24 (930 AH), according to its inscription.

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