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FAISAL MASJID

Posted on 27 December 2011 by Tea Server




Location Islamabad, Pakistan
Established 1986

Architectural information
Architect(s) Vedat Dalokay

Style Contemporary Islamic
Capacity 74,000 within the main areas,[1] approx. 200,000 in adjoining grounds

Covered area 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft)
Minaret(s) 4

Minaret height 90 meters (300 ft)
Construction cost 120 million USD


- Designed by: Turkish architect, Vedat Dalokay

- Built by: Pakistani Govt, with the help of King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz

- Capacity: 50,000 Worshipers

- Special Features & Measurements:

Was the largest mosque in the world till 1993
Turkish architectural style

Covered area of 5,000 m2
Third largest capacity of accommodating worshipers in its adjoining grounds after the Masjid al-Haram

Each Minar 80m high (tallest in South asia), 10 x 100 m in diameter
Architects from 17 countries submitted proposal for this Mosque’s construction

Cost of building: 130 million Saudi riyal (approx. $120 million)
Size: Building height: 131ft (40m); minaret height: 300ft.

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MASJID-E-NABWI

Posted on 27 December 2011 by Tea Server




Location Medina, Saudi Arabia
Established c. 622

Branch/tradition Islam
Administration Saudi Arabian government

Leadership Imam(s):

Sheikh Ali Abdur Rahmaan Al Hudhaifiyy
Sheikh Abdul Bari Awwaad Ath Thubayty
Sheikh Hussain Abdul Aziz Aal Sheikh
Sheikh Salaah Muhammad Al Budair
Sheikh Abdul Musin Muhammad Al Qaasim

Architectural information
Style Classical and contemporary Islamic; Ottoman; Mamluk revivalist
Capacity 600,000 (increased to 1,000,000 during the hajj period)
Minaret(s) 10

Minaret height 105 meters (344 ft)
- Location: Medina, Saudi Arabia

- Built in: Originally built-in 622 AD

- Built by: Prophet Muhammad

- Capacity: 1000,000 worshipers

- Special Features & Measurements

Grave of Prophet Muhammad
2nd Holiest place for Muslims
Originally it was 30 x 35 m. Today it covers 165 000 square meters
Two prayers halls. Ottoman prayer hall projects south and the main prayer hall covers the ground floor
Flat paved roof with 24 domes
All the domes can slide open
The courtyards equipped with Umbrella tents
The walls composed of a series of windows topped by pointed arches with black and white voussoirs.
10 Minars, each 105 m high.
Decorated with polychrome marble stone.

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MASJID AL HARAM

Posted on 27 December 2011 by Tea Server



Location Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Established 638
Branch/tradition Islam
Administration Saudi Arabian government
Leadership Imam(s):
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
Saud Al-Shuraim
Architectural information
Capacity 900,000 (increased to 4,000,000 during the hajj period)
Minaret(s) 9
Minaret height 89 m (292 ft)

Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām (Arabic: المسجد الحرام‎, pronounced [ʔælˈmæsdʒɪd ælħɑˈrɑːm], “The Sacred Mosque”) is the largest mosque in the world. Located in the city of Makkah, it surrounds the Kaaba, the place which Muslims worldwide turn towards while performing daily prayers and is Islam’s holiest place. The mosque is also known as the Grand Mosque.[1]

The current structure covers an area of 356,800 square metres (88.2 acres) including the outdoor and indoor praying spaces and can accommodate up to four million Muslim worshipers during the Hajj period, one of the largest annual gatherings of people in the world.

- AKA: Ka’aba or Khana Ka’bah

- Location: Makka, Saudi Arabia

- Built in: Around 2000 BC

- Built by: Originally built by Prophet Ibrahim

- Capacity: 8000,000 worshipers

- Special Features & Measurements:

surrounds Ka’aba
Holiest place for the Muslims of the world
Covers an area of 400800 Square meters
It has the largest annual religious gathering in the world
It has Hijr-e-Aswad

It has Aab-e-Zamzam in its premises

Height of Ka’bah is 39 feet & 6 inches.

Italian marble used for flooring, which absorbed the heat in summer and convert it hotness into coolness and in winter it convert its coolness into hotness.

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