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The mosque's style resembles the Mosque of Muhammad Ali in Cairo and the Blue mosque in Istanbul. [2] It has been cited as one of the most beautiful mosque interiors. [3] [4] Alkhayat construction company states that 'The mosque building relies on Islamic architecture and al-Abbasi design except the domes', which are an Ottoman design.
The square shaped mosque was considered the biggest mosque from the Ottoman era in Baghdad due to its size and area. [10] Among the most well-known teachers who taught at the mosque's madrasa was the Islamic scholar Mahmud al-Alusi in 1905. [11]
The Blue Mosque, officially the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii), is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed between 1609 and 1617 during the rule of Ahmed I and remains a functioning mosque today.
The Faisal Mosque (Urdu: فیصل مسجد, romanized: faisal masjid) is the national mosque of Pakistan, located in the capital city, Islamabad. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is the fifth-largest mosque in the world , the largest mosque outside the Middle East, and the largest within South Asia, located on the foothills of Margalla Hills in Islamabad.
The interior of the mosque is almost a square, measuring 58.5 by 57.5 metres (192 by 189 feet), forming a single vast space dominated by its central dome. [30] The dome is 53 metres (174 feet) high and has a diameter of 26.5 metres (86.9 feet) which is exactly half the height.
The mosque was rebuilt by the Fatimid caliph al-Zahir (r. 1021–1036), who reduced it to seven aisles but adorned its interior with an elaborate central archway covered in vegetal mosaics; the current structure preserves the 11th-century outline.
Interior view of the hypostyle prayer hall in the Mosque of Uqba (Great Mosque of Kairouan) The Great Mosque of Kairouan (Arabic: جامع القيروان الأكبر), also known as the Mosque of Uqba (جامع عقبة بن نافع), is a mosque situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Kairouan, Tunisia and is one of the largest Islamic monuments in North Africa.
Badshahi Mosque: Night View of Badshahi Mosque (King’s Mosque) 100,000 [17] Lahore Pakistan: 1673: Sunni: Bahria Grand Mosque: Side view of Grand Jamia Masjid Bahria Town Lahore: 70,000 [18] Lahore Pakistan: 2014: Sunni: Çamlıca Mosque: 63,000 [19] Istanbul Turkey: 2019 Sunni: Al Jabbar Grand Mosque: 60,000 [20] 25,997 Bandung Indonesia ...