Masjid Sultan
The Masjid Sultan ( Sultan Mosque ) is located between Muscat Street and North Bridge Road in the Kampong Glam District of Singapore . The mosque , opened in 1928, is considered one of the most important mosques in Singapore.
The original mosque dates back to the ruler of Johor , Sultan Hussain Shah (1824). In the early 1900s, Singapore became a center for Islamic trade, culture, and the arts. The old Sultan Mosque became too small for the prosperous community, so the Mosque Foundation planned a new building. The architect Denis Santry built the new mosque in the Indo-Saracen style with minarets and balustrades . Construction began in 1924 and was completed four years later.
On March 14, 1975, the Sultan Mosque was declared a National Monument of Singapore . Today the mosque is maintained by the Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS).
See also
Web links
- IslamicEvents.SG, Portal for Islamic events, courses and classes in Singapore
- Sultan Mosque on roots.sg, the website of the National Heritage Board of Singapore (English)
Individual evidence
- National Heritage Board (2002), Singapore's 100 Historic Places , Archipelago Press, ISBN 981-4068-23-3
Coordinates: 1 ° 18 ′ 8 ″ N , 103 ° 51 ′ 33 ″ E