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List of tallest mosques

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A list of the 30 tallest mosques in the world. The height value gives the height of the tallest element of the mosque (usually a minaret).

List

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Name Country City Height Year of completion Remarks
1 Djamaa el Djazaïr  Algeria Algiers 265 metres 2019
2 Hassan II Mosque[1]  Morocco Casablanca 210 metres 1993
3 Rahmatan Lil-Alamin Mosque [id]  Indonesia Indramayu 210 metres 2021
4 Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque[2]  Malaysia Shah Alam 142.3 metres 1988 106.7 metres high dome
5 Great Mosque of Mecca[3]  Saudi Arabia Mecca 139 metres 1570
6 Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran[4]  Iran Tehran 136 metres 2006 Unfinished as of 2019
7 Al Fateh Grand Mosque  Bahrain Manama 130.1 metres 1988
8 Putra Mosque[5]  Malaysia Putrajaya 116 metres 1999
9 Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque[6]  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 115 metres 2008
10 Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim[7]  Venezuela Caracas 113 metres 1989
11 Al-Masjid an-Nabawi  Saudi Arabia Medina 112 metres 1994
12 Al-Nour Mosque[8]  Egypt Cairo 111.9 metres
13 Grand Mosalla mosque of Isfahan[9]  Iran Isfahan 110 metres 2010
14 Çamlıca Republic Mosque[10]  Turkey Istanbul 107.1 metres 2016
15 The Grand Mosque[11]  United Arab Emirates Dubai 107 metres 2007
16 Al Jabbar Grand Mosque  Indonesia Bandung 99 metres 2023
17 Sabancı Central Mosque[12]  Turkey Adana 99 metres 1998
18 Jameh Mosque of Makki[13]  Iran Zahedan 92 metres 2010
19 Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque[14]  Oman Muscat 91.3 metres 2001
20 Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini[15]  Iran Tehran 91 metres 1992
21 Faisal Mosque[16]  Pakistan Islamabad 90 metres 1987
22 Kocatepe Mosque[17]  Turkey Ankara 88 metres 1987
23 Abdülhamid Han Mosque  Turkey Kahramanmaras 88 metres
24 Maltepe Merkez Mosque  Turkey Istanbul 87 metres
25 Mosque of Muhammad Ali[18]  Egypt Cairo 84.1 metres 1848
26 Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan[19]  Egypt Cairo 84 metres 1364
27 Selimiye Mosque  Turkey Edirne 83 metres 1574

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah | Petaling Jaya & Shah Alam, Malaysia Petaling Jaya & Shah Alam". www.lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  3. ^ "Grand Mosque / Holy Mosque in Makkah". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  4. ^ Contenta, Sandro (15 May 2001). "Grandiose Mosque Project Touted as World's Largest". The Toronto Star.
  5. ^ Kassim, Shireen Jahn; Nawawi, Norwina Mohd; Ibrahim, Mansor (2018). Modernity, Nation and Urban-Architectural Form: The Dynamics and Dialectics of National Identity vs Regionalism in a Tropical City. Kuala Lumpur: Springer. p. 43. ISBN 9783319661315.
  6. ^ "Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dahbi - United Arab Emirates". www.beautifulmosque.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  7. ^ "Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim in Caracas - Venezuela". www.beautifulmosque.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  8. ^ "Al-Nour Mosque - Cairo - | Arab Contractors". www.arabcont.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  9. ^ "Grand Mosalla mosque of Isfahan". Iran Metropolis news agency. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. ^ Lee, Jack (2017-05-07). "What are they doing to Istanbul?". Turkey File. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  11. ^ "Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque: 10 Great Reasons To Visit". Planet Janet Travels. 2017-01-29. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  12. ^ "Sabancı Central Mosque". Sabancı Vakfı. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  13. ^ "Tourism in Sistan and Baluchistan". Taadol. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque: Arabia Felix". www.oman.de. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  15. ^ "Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini". ISNA. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  16. ^ Naz, Neelum (2005). "Contribution of Turkish architects to the National Architecture of Pakistan: Vedat Dalokay". Middle East Technical University Journal of the Faculty of Architecture. 22 (2): 63.
  17. ^ "Kocatepe Mosque - Ankara City Center |Expedia.co.in". Expedia.co.in. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  18. ^ "Mohamed Ali Mosque". egypt.travel. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  19. ^ "The Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan". www.touregypt.net. Retrieved 2019-01-12.