TOMB AND MOSQUE OF PANCH PIR (FIVE SAINTS)

The tomb and mosque of Panch Pir is situated in Sonargaon, close to Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Sonargaon (literal meaning Golden Village), was the historic capital city of the independent Sultanate of Bengal and survives at present in the name of an upazila (sub-district) in the Narayanganj district. Sonargaon was brought under Muslim rule in the 13th century, first by the Delhi Sultanate then by the independent sultans of Bengal, after which it was taken by the Mughals in 1608.

Along with the mosque there are five small brick tombs arranged in one line on a platform about 4 feet high. Nothing whatever

is known about the holy men who are entombed in them. Although it is not certain who the Panch-Pirs (five Holy men) were, they were venerated in parts of Bengal particularly among poor or lower class village folk who sought asylum under their protection.

Acknowledgement and further reading:

http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Panch_Pir

http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sonargaon

http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/t/019pho001000s27u02729000.html#:~:text=Sonargaon%20was%20the%20capital%20of,now%20the%20capital%20of%20Bangladesh.