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Al Abrar Mosque is located at 129 Telok Ayer Street, in the "Downtown Core" of Singapore's Central Region. Established in 1827, it was a mosque for the Chulias, Tamil Muslims from South India, so it is also known as Masjid Chulia. The present building was built between 1850-1855. It was declared a National Monument on 19 November 1974.
History
The Chulias, Tamil Muslims from south India's Coromandel Coast, were among Singapore's earliest immigrants from 1822. They lived and worked around the area. This mosque was established in 1827, and one can assume that the original mosque was a thatched hut as can be inferred by its other known name, "Kuchu Palli". The existing brick building was erected in 1850-1855. The building is on a 999 years land-lease held originally by Hadjee Puckery Mohamed Khatib bin Shaik Mydin, a trustee for the Tamil Muslim community. A Court Order issued 21 November 1910, saw trustees appointed to look after this Mosque. The trustees were K. Mohamed Eusope, E. Tambyappa Ravooter, S. Kanisah Maricayer, V. M. Kader Bux and J. Sultan Abdul Kader; who were also trustees for the nearby Nagore Durgha Shrine at Telok Ayer Street and Jamae Mosque at South Bridge Road.
Description
On a land area of 448.7 sq m stands the building of simple architectural design. At each corner two large minarets topped with an onion-shaped dome rise from octagonal columns, and in between, two miniature minarets with domes rise from circular columns. Islamic in character, the dome effect is echoed along the facade with its latticed, vent-style balustrade. It was gazetted a National Monument on 19 November, 1974. Today the Al Abrar Mosque is in the care of the Majilis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS).
Variant Names
Malay name: Masjid Al Abrar. Also Masjid Chulia or the "Chulia Mosque".
Tamil name: Kuchu Palli where kuchu means "hut", and palli means "mosque" or transliterated as "small mosque"
Written by Vernon Cornelius-Takahama. Taken from NLB Infopedia.
Rokn al-molk mosque - Isfahan - Iran
يکی از بناهای مشهور اصفهان که در اوائل قرن چهاردهم هجری ساخته شده مجموعه مسجد رکن الملک است. اين اثر نفيس و جالب که در ابتدای تخت فولاد واقع شده است از بناهای حاج ميرزا سليمان خان رکن الملک شيرازی است اين بنا در سال 1321 هجری قمری بنا گرديده است.
مسجد رکن الملک اصفهان به لحاظ در بر داشتن نمونه های بديع و جالب معماری دوران قاجار و همچنين وجود خط ثلث و نستعليق متعلق به استادان آن روزگار از اهميت ويژه ای برخوردار است. علاوه بر آن اين مسجد و مدرسه بيانگر علاقه و دلبستگی برخی از دولتمردان دوران قاجار به علم و دانش و شعر و ادب است.
The Great Mosque of Paris was founded in 1926 as a token of the French people's gratitude to Muslims from France's colonial empire who fought against the Germans in WW I, suffering 100,000 killed.
Yobe Central Mosque, the largest mosque in Nigeria (Daily Trust, May 5th, 2007) and one of the largest in Africa. It is located in Damaturu, the capital city of Yobe state and situated along Maiduguri-Potiskum road. It was completed in 2007 and launched on 11th May, 2007. The central mosque and Islamic centre in the northeastern state stands to be one of the most beautiful and iconic attractive places in Nigeria because of it's spectacular beauty and architecture.
During the construction of the mosque edifice, contributions were being made by Muslim civil servants and thousands of Christian workers in the state who were not even consulted on the contributions, opted to take part in a solidarity with their colleagues who are Muslims, maintaining such gesture was a clear demonstration of religious tolerance, unity and coexistence in the state. Thus, the mosque is always remembered with that historic motive made by the Christian faithfuls. #NaijaGems
Governor Phil Murphy attends Friday prayer service at a Mosque in New Brunswick with Department of Health Commissioner Elhanal on Friday, March 22, 2019. Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office.
Can anyone help identify this mosque which I visited in 2017 and stupidly did not note its name or accurate location. I think it is close to Port Said St, but cannot be sure! The vestibule is a curious shape and the ribbed ceiling is interesting.
Crystal Mosque, Terengganu, Malaysia.
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Governor Phil Murphy attends Friday prayer service at a Mosque in New Brunswick with Department of Health Commissioner Elhanal on Friday, March 22, 2019. Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office.
The beautiful courtyard of the Al Azhar mosque, Cairo.
I was in Cairo to make the Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie film.
Governor Phil Murphy attends Friday prayer service at a Mosque in New Brunswick with Department of Health Commissioner Elhanal on Friday, March 22, 2019. Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office.
The undisputed highlight of Cordoba (and arguably of Southern Spain) is the magnificent 'Mezquita', the former Great Mosque that since the Spanish reconquest of 1236 has served as Cordoba Cathedral, a unique marriage of styles and cultures and one of the World's greatest architectural masterpieces.
The site dates back to Roman times, the pagan temples giving way to the first Visigothic cathedral which stood here in the 7th and 8th centuries. After the Islamic conquest the church was divided between Christians and Muslims until the Christian side was brought for conversion into the first mosque. In the following centuries the mosque was rebuilt and enlarged in ever more magnificent form up to around 987.
The Great Mosque continued to function until the Spanish reconquest of 1246 when it was converted back to Christian use as the city's cathedral; luckily the unparalled beauty of the Islamic architecture was recognised and largely respected, though new additions were made in various places adding further stylistic layers to the complex, initially in gothic, then Renaissance and latterly Baroque styles.
The biggest alteration came at the end of the Middle Ages when a more recognisable cathedral structure was erected over the centre of the multi-aisled former prayer hall. Begun as a gothic church, it was completed as a largely Renaissance structure with rich vaulting and a low dome over the crossing. Though it required the removal of many of the superb arcades and columns to erect it, the structure's impact is less apparent from within as one might expect, since it has few lower walls, literally growing from the Moorish colonnades.
The complete structure of the Mosque/Cathedral covers a vast rectangular area with an open courtyard to the north with the Baroque bell tower (the former minaret reclad)and the seemingly endless columned halls of the interior, with some 856 columns (many reused from Roman buildings, themselves reused in the previous church). Various chambers and chapels of varying dates and styles open up making the internal layout somewhat confusing to follow. The centre of the complex is dominated by the Renaissance cathedral, whose soaring interior flooded with light actually contrasts well with the more intimate, darker areas of the mosque, if making the experience somewhat surreal and other worldy. One can wander this ever changing interior for hours and still feel like one has barely scratched the surface.
The most notable parts of the Islamic structure are the magnificent double rows of scalloped arches, with multiple cusps and alternating bands of red and white. There are also some truly gorgeous ceilings, masterpieces of Islamic design, including the domes over the former mihrab niche, parts of which retain rich mosaic decoration.
In other areas the contrast of Islamic and Christian styles is quite bizarre, with the perimeter of the building lined with chapels, Moorish in style but many filled by huge gilded Baroque altars, somewhat at odds with the original style.
All in all the Mosque / Cathedral of Cordoba is one of the wonders of the World and for me was the highlight of this trip to Andalusia. As a fascinating fusion of faiths, styles and first rate architecture, there simply is nowhere else remotely like it.
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very beautiful door made in Paris for the prophet's Mohammed (sala lahou alaihi wa salam )mosque in Medina
wood and bronze
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The Süleymaniye Mosque (Turkish: Süleymaniye Camii, Turkish pronunciation: [sylejˈmaːnije]) is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. It is the largest mosque in the city, and one of the best-known sights of Istanbul..
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The Süleymaniye Mosque, built on the order of Sultan Süleyman (Süleyman the Magnificent), "was fortunate to be able to draw on the talents of the architectural genius of Mimar Sinan" (481 Traditions and Encounters: Brief Global History). The construction work began in 1550 and the mosque was finished in 1558..
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This "vast religious complex called the Süleymaniye...blended Islamic and Byzantine architectural elements. It combines tall, slender minarets with large domed buildings supported by half domes in the style of the Byzantine church Hagia Sophia (which the Ottomans converted into the mosque of Aya Sofya)" (481 Traditions and Encounters: Brief Global History)..
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The design of the Süleymaniye also plays on Suleyman's self-conscious representation of himself as a 'second Solomon.' It references the Dome of the Rock, which was built on the site of the Temple of Solomon, as well as Justinian's boast upon the completion of the Hagia Sophia: "Solomon, I have surpassed thee!" The Süleymaniye, similar in magnificence to the preceding structures, asserts Suleyman's historical importance. The structure is nevertheless smaller in size than its older archetype, the Hagia Sophia..
Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
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www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2007/11/bani.html
Bani is a small town on the way from Ouagadougou to Gorom-Gorom. It looks interesting, and has an interesting story. A series of seven fascinating mud-brick mosques are scattered around the town, several on hill tops, standing out against the sky as you approach. I was told the mosques are laid out in the same pattern as in Mecca, though I have not been able to confirm this.
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www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/keith/archives/2007/11/bani.html
From Wikipedia:
The Şehzade Mosque (Turkish: Şehzade Camii) is a mosque in the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Sultan Suleiman I and was built by architect Mimar Sinan between 1543 and 1548. It was considered by architectural historians as Sinan's first masterpiece of classical Ottoman architecture
The mosque has a square plan, covered by a central dome, flanked by four half-domes. The dome is supported by four piers, and has a diameter of 19 meters and it is 37 meters high. Şehzade complex (Külliye) is situated between Fatih and Bayezid complexes. The Külliye consists of the mosque, the tomb (turbe) of Prince Mehmet (which was built prior to the mosque), two schools (medresa), kitchen for the poor and a caravansarai. The mosque and its courtyard are surrounded by a wall that separates them from the rest of the complex.