Sultan Ibrahim Jamek Mosque

Not to be confused with Sultan Ibrahim Mosque.
Sultan Ibrahim Jamek Mosque
Masjid Jamek Sultan Ibrahim
مسجد جاميق سلطان إبراهيم
Basic information
Location Malaysia Muar, Johor, Malaysia
Affiliation Shafi'i
Architectural style Western and Middle Eastern
Minaret(s) 1

Sultan Ibrahim Jamek Mosque (Malay: Masjid Jamek Sultan Ibrahim) is a historical mosque in the town of Bandar Maharani, Muar in the Malaysian state of Johor. It is situated along Jalan Petri, close to the mouth of Muar River.[1]

History

The first Muar Jamek Mosque was completed in 1887. In the 1920s, a committee was formed to consider building a new Jamek mosque for Muar. Following a bid to raise funds from the public, the committee in charge of building the new mosque successfully raised RM10,000 for the purpose. The committee then put forward the people's aspiration to the Sultan and obtained the royal consent.

In 1925, works to construct Sultan Ibrahim Jamek Mosque began. Five years later, in 1930, the mosque was completed and was officially opened by Johor's Dato' Menteri Besar, Dato Mustafa bin Jaafar.

Architecture

It is built with influences of Western style and Middle Eastern style.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sultan Ibrahim Jamek Mosque.

References

  1. ↑ http://itc.gov.my/mosque/masjid-jamek-sultan-ibrahim/

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/16/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.