The Azimpur Dayera Sharif was established by Shah Sufi Sayed Muhammad Dayem who came at Dhaka in 1766-68 AD.

The historical Azimpur Dayera Sharif represents the 700 years old Sufi dynasty in Bengal.

The place is also symbolic to the propagation of Islam not only in the province of Bengal but also across the greater Indian Subcontinent.Endowment mark, stamp, and sign of Emperor Shah Jahan and the Quran gifted by Emperor Shah Jahan resembles a deep connection to the Sufi dynasty with the Delhi Sultanate.

[1][2] In the 13th century, twelve Muslim saints came to Bengal from Baghdad, climbing on the back of a giant fish and crossing the impassable sea under the leadership of Bakhtiyar Mahiswar.

Syed Haya Shah, the second son of Mohammad Bakhtiyar Mahi Swar, appeared in the lineage of Dayem, the founder of the Dayera Sharif.

Murshid ordered him to dive into the Laldighi, a lake of Chattogram; then engage himself in preaching Islam in the area where he would rise in Dhaka.

[6] The main mosque of the Dayera Sharif is a small rectangular building containing four octagonal corner towers, shooting high above the parapet and terminated by cupolas.

A dome, carried on squinches, covers the mosque's central space, which is placed over an octagonal drum.

The three-storied main gate of the Dayera Sharif was built in 1891 AD in Turkish architectural style under Nawab Ahsanullah.

During the reign of Khalilullah, the first extension of the present wudu khana and mosque building was made of concrete.