Zawawi Mosque
mosque located in Muscat, Oman
Key facts
- Built
- 1985
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Overview
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The Zawawi Mosque, also called the Abdul-Mun'im Al-Zawawi Mosque, is a Sunni mosque in the Al Khuwair district of Muscat, Oman, on Sultan Qaboos Street. It was built by Omar Zawawi, a member of the Al Zawawi family. The mosque is notable for having the whole text of the Qur'an engraved on metal plates fixed to its walls.
History
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Omar Zawawi, a member of the Al Zawawi family, built the mosque in memory of his father, Abdul-Mun'im Al-Zawawi, who had died. It was opened in 1985.
An older mosque of the same name had been built in 1906 and was demolished in 2005.
From Wikipedia
The Zawawi Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد عَبْدُ ٱلْمُنْعِم ٱلزَّوَاوِي, romanized: Masjid ʿAbdul-Munʿim Az-Zawāwī) is a Sunni mosque, located in Muscat, Oman.
It was built by Omar Zawawi, a member of the Al Zawawi family, to commemorate the death of his father Abdul-Mun'im Al-Zawawi, and opened in 1985. It is notable for having the entirety of the Qur'an engraved on metal plates on its walls. There was also an older mosque by that name, built in 1906 and demolished in 2005.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zawawi_Mosque
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C