Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
mosque in Sohar, Oman
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Overview
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The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque is a Friday mosque in Sohar, in the governorate of Al Batinah North, Oman. It is named in honour of Qaboos bin Said, the previous Sultan of Oman. The building follows an Uzbek architectural style and is compared to the Bibi-Khanym Mosque. It is noted for its decorative inscriptions and its crystal dome. The mosque stands near Bayt Bahjat al-Anzar, on the main road leading towards Dubai, and its address is Masha'el an Noor Street. It is described as one of the more recent large mosques in the Gulf region.
History
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The mosque was opened on 28 October 2016. It was named in honour of Qaboos bin Said, the previous Sultan of Oman.
From Wikipedia
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع ٱلسُّلْطَان قَابُوْس ٱلْأَكْبَر, romanized: Jāmiʿ As-Sulṭān Qābūs Al-Akbar) is a Friday mosque located in Sohar, in the governorate of Al Batinah North, in the Sultanate of Oman. The mosque was named in honor of the previous Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Qaboos_Grand_Mosque,_Sohar
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1