Hajiganj Fort

Coordinates: 23°38′00″N 90°30′46″E / 23.6334°N 90.5128°E / 23.6334; 90.5128

Hajiganj Fort
হাজিগঞ্জ দুর্গ
Narayanganj, Bangladesh
Hajiganj Fort
Hajiganj Fort
Coordinates	23°38′00″N 90°30′46″E / 23.6334°N 90.5128°E / 23.6334; 90.5128
Site information
Controlled by	Department of Archaeology, Dhaka Division
Open to the public	Yes
Site history
Built	1610/1650 [1]
Built by	Mir Jumla I or Islam Khan I[1]

Hajiganj Fort also known as Khizirpur fort, situated at Hajiganj locality of Narayanganj, Bangladesh,On the western bank of Shitalakshya at the point where the Buriganga discharged into the Shitalakshya.

History

The exact date of Hajiganj fort is uncertain but it may have been built soon after Subahdar Islam Khan established the Mughal capital at Dhaka.

Architecture

The fort, quadrangular in size, consists of a pantagonal curtain wall machicolated for muskets with rounded corner dastions. On the inner side of the curtain wall there is 1.22m heigh rampart walkway from the base of the curtain wall which is itself pierced by several musketry holes. The holes are wider meant probably for 'gun firing at the pirates proceeding up the river'. In a corner of the fort enclosure there is a tall free standing square column of brick which must have been used for observation and placing guns in the rainy season.

References

• Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh

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