Hosni Dalan
Hussaini Dalan Rd
About
Traditional Persian wall decorations in blue and white; Iranian paintings on the tragic events of Karbala; a large pond at the entrance; children holding candles before the stairs; epitaphs erected upon the graves and flower garlands covering the graves--Hosni Dalan still presents a unique view of the Muslim culture. Shias in Bangladesh represent the diversity of our heritage. "Many think of Hosni Dalan to be a mosque of the Shias. But, actually it is an Imambara, the mourning place for two Shahid-e-Karbala or the two grand children of the Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (SM; Peace be Upon Him; PBUH) who were savagely murdered at the battle-field of Karbala by their unscrupulous, opponents. Although we, Shias of the Lalbagh-Chakbazaar area offer our namaz here for lack of any Shia mosque in the vicinity, but it is not a mosque. It is the building of mourning," says Syed Baker Reza, whose Shia ancestors emigrated from Iraq to Murshidabad of the then undivided Bengal around four generations ago and later shifted to Dhaka and settled here over the last three generations.
