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17-487: Agailjhara Upazila covers 155.47 km. It is located between 22°54' and 23°03' north and between 90°03' and 90°13' east. It is bordered by Gournadi Upazila to the northeast, Wazirpur Upazila to the south, and Kotalipara Upazila of Gopalganj district to the west. Agailjhara was formerly part of Gournadi Upazila . In the 16th century, the Faujdar of Bakla Sabi Khan settled in the village of Gaila with members of

34-681: A thana on 16 June 1981 and became an upazila on 7 November 1983. Agailjhara Upazila is divided into five union parishads : Bagdha, Bakal, Gaila, Rajiher, and Ratanpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 78 mauzas and 96 villages. Agailjhara is home to many notable schools, including Shaheed Abdur Rob Serniabat Degree College , Askar Kalibari Secondary School and College (established in 1943), Goila High School (1893), and Agailjhara B. H. P. Academy (1919). List of secondary schools in Agailjhara Upazila: This Barisal Division location article

51-675: A box at the Nalchira Miah Bari. His descendants, the Miah family of Nalchira and the Zamindars of Nazirpur, continued to hold influential positions in the history of Barisal for several centuries. An urs is annually held in Nalchira in honour of Syed Qutb Shah. As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh , Gournadi upazila has a population of 188,586 living in 41,561 households. Gournadi has an average literacy rate of 60.90% (7+ years) and

68-401: A long time. His gardener would make a necklace out of padma lotuses obtained from Padmabunia Dighi and gift it to Dudh Mallik. After Dudh Mallik's death, Emperor Jahangir awarded 16 droṇ s and 14 kani s of tax-free (lakheraj) land for Hazrat Doodh Kumar's mazar (mausoleum) , which also led to Qasba being popularly known as Lakheraj-Qasba. The copper-plate certification of this is preserved by

85-401: A population of 147,343 distributed among 30,560 households. 50.93% of the population was male, and 49.07% was female. There were 76,524 people aged 18 or over. Agailjhara had an average literacy rate of 42.4% (7+ years schooling), compared to the national average of 32.4%. In the 2001 Bangladesh census , Agailjhara had a total population of 155,661 whereby males accounted for 50.23% (78,193) of

102-558: A sex ratio of 1045 females per 1000 males. 42,438 (22.50%) of the population lives in urban areas. Most of the population present in Muslim, with minorities such as Hindus and Christians. In the town there is also a Hindu temple. According to the 2001 Bangladesh census , Gournadi had a population of 180,219. Males constituted 51.03% of the population, while females make around 48.97%. Gournadi had an average literacy rate of 59.4% (7+ years). UNO : Md. Abu Abdullah Khan . Gournadi Upazila

119-487: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gournadi Upazila Gournadi ( Bengali : গৌরনদী ) is an administrative unit of Barishal District in the Division of Barishal , Bangladesh . Gournadi is located at 22°58′25″N 90°13′50″E  /  22.9736°N 90.2306°E  / 22.9736; 90.2306 . It has 37,047 households and a total area of 144.18 km . The village of Qasba

136-470: Is considered to be its inspiration due to the striking similarities. Despite the mosque's Sultanate origins, locals often credit the mosque to Sabi Khan , the Mughal faujdar of Bakla who built several mosques and roads in the region. Though still in use, the mosque is a protected monument by Department of Archaeology . The mosque has nine domes and four minars . The mosque measures 11.68×11.68 meters and

153-529: Is divided into Gournadi municipality and seven union parishads . These are: The union parishads are subdivided into 108 mauzas and 109 villages. This Barisal Division location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Qasba Mosque Qasba Mosque ( Bengali : কসবা মসজিদ , Arabic : مسجد القصبة ) is an early 16th-century nine-domed mosque and archaeological site located in Barisal District of Bangladesh. It

170-841: Is located in the Qasba village under Gournadi Upazila . It is named after the village. The mosque, which has a total of nine domes, is very similar to the Nine Dome Mosque in Bagerhat . The village of Qasba was an important center in the Sultanate of Bengal and was home to several influential Muslim families. The mosque was constructed in the early 16th century, during the reign of Alauddin Husain Shah . The earlier Nine Dome Mosque built by Khan Jahan Ali in Khalifatabad

187-460: The Barisal and Faridpur regions and many people converted to Islam through his efforts. He also dug reservoirs known as dighis for the welfare of locals and among the notable ponds are Padmabunia, Goalia and Mali Majhor Andhi. Locals began to refer to him as Dudh Mallik because the milkman would often come from Goalia to give him milk. It is said that Dudh Mallik survived only on cow's milk for

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204-742: The Mughal Army . In 1921, a historic farmers convention was held in Agailjhara High English School presided by Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan and advised by A. K. Fazlul Huq . During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, 8 people were murdered in the village of Kodaldhoa. A thana (police station headquarters) was formed in Agailjhara on 16 June 1981. The status of Agailjhara Thana was upgraded to upazila (sub-district) on 7 November 1983 as part of

221-549: The President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad 's decentralisation programme. As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh , Agailijhara upazila has a population of 149,456 living in 32,839 households. Agailijhara has an average literacy rate of 56.67% (7+ years) and a sex ratio of 1064 females per 1000 males. 10,857 (7.26%) of the population lives in urban areas. According to the 1991 Bangladesh census , Agailjhara had

238-574: The Qazi family of Qasba. The Shah family of Qasba serve as guardians of the tomb and claim to have arrived in the region with Dudh Mallik in the 17th-century. Following the Conquest of Bakla in the early 17th-century, Emperor Jahangir awarded parts of Chandradwip to Ulfat Ghazi for his participation, and these areas became the Nazirpur pargana of Bakla. His son, Syed Qutb Shah, first settled in

255-447: The community, while 49.76% (77,468) were women. Islam is the predominant religion with 82,720 people identifying as Muslims , 63175 as Hindus , 3553 as Christians and 8 people worshipping other faiths. Agailjhara Upazila has the highest percentage share of Hindus among the 10 upazilas of Barisal district but both the absolute numbers and the share of population has decreased since 1981. UNO : Fariha Tanzin. Agailjhara formed as

272-513: The village of Terachar but relocated to Nalchira due to safer conditions and was awarded with tax-free land from Sabi Khan , the Faujdar of Bakla. Qutb Shah was renowned for his Muslim missionary activities across Barisal , Madaripur and Bagerhat . He dug reservoirs and ponds and built mosques for the welfare of locals. A copy of the Quran handwritten by him and a qadam-e-rasul is preserved in

289-507: Was an important centre in the Sultanate of Bengal and was home to several influential Muslim families. The Qasba Mosque was constructed in the early 16th century, during the reign of Alauddin Husain Shah . In the course of the reign of Mughal emperor Jahangir (r. 1606–1627), seven sons of a Yemeni grandee travelled to Bengal to propagate Islam . The second son entered Qasba, and legend has it that Jahangir himself went to Qasba to meet with him. His missionary activities were spread across

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