Abdul Hamid Mosque, also known as New Goaldi Mosque, is a Mughal-style mosque located in Sonargaon thana of Narayanganj district.
The mosque is situated a short distance from the pre-Mughal era Goaldi Mosque (1519 AD, built during the reign of Alauddin Husain Shah). It was built in 1705 AD (1116 AH). According to an inscription, Abdul Hamid Shah built the mosque. He lies buried close by in a mausoleum.
The Mughal-style mosque was originally a square building with a single central dome, corner towers and entrances on all sides except the qibla wall. It was a good example of the ‘enclosed square type’ of mosque typical of Bengal. James Wise visited the mosque in January 1872 ( most probably, photographer W. Brennand accompanied him and took pictures of the mosque) and wrote the following account (Notes on Sunargaon, Eastern Bengal, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. XLIII, part I, Calcutta, 1874, p. 92): “In the division called Goaldih, which consists of dense and impenetrable jungle traversed by a few foot-paths, are two mosques, The first is called Abdul Hamid’s Masjid. It is in good preservation, being a comparatively modern structure. Its ‘kitabah’ [inscription] bears the date A.H. 1116 (A.D. 1705).”
According to the Banglapedia entry, the mosque measures 5.02 meter square inside and 6.75 meter square outside. There are three entrances in the east, of which the middle one is the largest, and one entrance each on the south and north sides.
The mosque has gone through several renovations that have distorted its original design and given it a modern look. There is now a permanent pucca extension on the east. The mosque serves as Jame Mosque.
