Jangalbari, the second capital of the city of Bharuch of Masnad-e-Ala Isha Khan, is now just 5 km from the Karimganj Upazila Sadar and belongs to the Kadirjangal Union on the west. It is known that in the eleventh century, a king named Jangal Balahoor established the independent kingdom of Bhati and established his capital Jangalbari. Before the right of Isha Khan Jangalbari fort, Kuch kings ruled. In 1580, Isha Khan defeated Shahbaz Khan and went to Chittagong on the sea and formed an army there and returned to East Bengal. Then Jangalbari came and defeated Kucharaja Laxman Hazo and won the jangalbari. After the capture of the fort, he reformed the fort and dug three trenches and kept contact with the river Narsunda and gave it the shape of a round island. There were innumerable buildings inside the fort. Even though all buildings of the fort were destroyed in the earthquake of 1326, the dharbar hall of Isha Khan, the house house and a mosque still survive. Almost the entire broken cast wall, the pond in front of the mosque, the paved walls on the pond reminds me of the old days. By the time of the death, Isha Khan stayed in various places in the battle and ruled the state. After his death a section of the descendants lived in Jangalbari.
Mosque of Ishaqan
There is an ancient mosque in Jungalbari, which is a memorial of Isha Khan. Due to not having inscriptions, it was not possible to know the time of the construction. The mosque has three large dome The walls are four feet wide. The rectangular mosque has four lovely monuments in four corners. The mosque is 44 feet long and 18 feet wide on the outside. There are 11 feet open verandas on the east side. The worshipers offered regular prayers in the mosque.
Ishaqa Memorial Museum:
Many people come from far and wide to see the history of Isha Khan's house. But there was no arrangement for sitting or informing the perpetrators. In the initiative of the upazila administration, the eerie meeting of Isha Khan's house has been renovated and renovated as "Isha Khan Memorial Museum". A library has been arranged in this museum. Upazila administration has been making efforts to complete the museum by collecting various items from the memory of Isha Khan.
Planning and Implementation: Cabinet Division, A2I, BCC, DoICT and BASIS