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Majidbaria Shahi Mosque ( Bengali : মজিদবাড়িয়া শাহী মসজিদ , Arabic : المسجد الشاهي مجيد باريا ) is a mosque and archaeological site located in the village of Majidbaria in Mirzaganj Upazila , part of the Patuakhali District of southern Bangladesh . The name is taken from its location "Masjidbari" which literally translates "Mosque House". Completed during the 15th-century, it is the oldest mosque and first brick building in the Greater Barisal region having been built during the reign of Sultan Ruknuddin Barbak Shah . Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.).
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Ancient mosque and archaeological site Majidbaria Shahi Mosque ( , ) is a 15th-century one-domed mosque and archaeological site located in the village of Majidbaria in Mirzaganj Upazila , part of the Patuakhali District of southern Bangladesh . It is the oldest mosque and first brick building in the Greater Barisal region having been built during the reign of Sultan Ruknuddin Barbak Shah . Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.).
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 15th-century one-domed mosque and archaeological site located in the village of majidbaria in mirzaganj upazi”. Today it says “mosque and archaeological site located in the village of majidbaria in mirzaganj upazila”. Read the current article and compare.
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a 15th-century one-domed mosque and archaeological site located in the village of majidbaria in mirzaganj upazi
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mosque and archaeological site located in the village of majidbaria in mirzaganj upazila
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