King Saud Mosque
Mosque in jeddah
Key facts
- Built
- 1987
- Architect
- Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil
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Overview
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King Saud Mosque is a Sunni mosque in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, located in the Al-Sharafiyah area of the city's central Al-Balad quarter. The complex occupies 9,700 square metres, of which the prayer hall alone accounts for 2,464 square metres. Sources describe it as the largest mosque in Jeddah, with room for about five thousand worshippers. It is built mainly of brick. The largest dome spans 20 metres and rises to 42 metres, while the minaret stands 60 metres tall. The project is listed among the works of the Saudi Binladin Group.
History
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An earlier mosque, built of reinforced concrete around the 1950s, stood on the same site. It was replaced by the present building, designed by the architect Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil, and construction was completed in 1987.
From Wikipedia
His Majesty King Saud Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الملك سعود) is a Sunni Islam mosque, in the city of Jeddah, in the Al-Sharafeyyah District, in Saudi Arabia.
The mosque was designed by Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil and construction was completed in 1987. It is mainly built of bricks and covers an area of 9,700 square metres (104,000 ft2) with the prayer hall alone covering 2,464 square metres (26,520 ft2), making it the largest mosque in Jeddah. The largest dome has a span of 20 metres (66 ft) and reaches a height of 42 metres (138 ft). The minaret is 60 metres (200 ft) tall.
The 1987 mosque replaced an earlier mosque structure, built on the same site in c. 1950s, poorly constructed using reinforce concrete.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Saud_Mosque
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_du_roi_Saoud
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF