List of tallest mosques
 | This article duplicates the scope of other articles, specifically List of tallest minarets. (February 2024) |
A list of the 25 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 | Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque[2] |  Malaysia |
Shah Alam | 142.3 metres | 1988 | 106.7 metres high dome |
| 4 | Great Mosque of Mecca[3] |  Saudi Arabia |
Mecca | 139 metres | 1570 | |
| 5 | Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran[4] |  Iran |
Tehran | 136 metres | 2006 | Unfinished as of 2019 |
| 6 | Al Fateh Grand Mosque |  Bahrain |
Manama | 130.1 metres | 1988 | |
| 7 | Putra Mosque[5] | Malaysia |
Putrajaya | 116 metres | 1999 | |
| 8 | Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque[6] |  United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi | 115 metres | 2008 | |
| 9 | Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim[7] |  Venezuela |
Caracas | 113 metres | 1989 | |
| 10 | Al-Masjid an-Nabawi | Saudi Arabia |
Medina | 112 metres | 1994 | |
| 11 | Al-Nour Mosque[8] |  Egypt |
Cairo | 111.9 metres | ||
| 12 | Grand Mosalla mosque of Isfahan[9] | Iran |
Isfahan | 110 metres | 2010 | |
| 13 | Çamlıca Republic Mosque[10] |  Turkey |
Istanbul | 107.1 metres | 2016 | |
| 14 | The Grand Mosque[11] | United Arab Emirates |
Dubai | 107 metres | 2007 | |
| 15 | Sabancı Central Mosque[12] | Turkey |
Adana | 99 metres | 1998 | |
| 16 | Jameh Mosque of Makki[13] | Iran |
Zahedan | 92 metres | 2010 | |
| 17 | Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque[14] |  Oman |
Muscat | 91.3 metres | 2001 | |
| 18 | Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini[15] | Iran |
Tehran | 91 metres | 1992 | |
| 19 | Faisal Mosque[16] |  Pakistan |
Islamabad | 90 metres | 1987 | |
| 20 | Kocatepe Mosque[17] | Turkey |
Ankara | 88 metres | 1987 | |
| 21 | Abdülhamid Han Mosque | Turkey |
Kahramanmaras | 88 metres | ||
| 22 | Maltepe Merkez Mosque | Turkey |
Istanbul | 87 metres | ||
| 23 | Mosque of Muhammad Ali[18] | Egypt |
Cairo | 84.1 metres | 1848 | |
| 24 | Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan[19] | Egypt |
Cairo | 84 metres | 1364 | |
| 25 | Selimiye Mosque | Turkey |
Edirne | 83 metres | 1574 |
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah | Petaling Jaya & Shah Alam, Malaysia Petaling Jaya & Shah Alam". www.lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Grand Mosque / Holy Mosque in Makkah". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ Contenta, Sandro (15 May 2001). "Grandiose Mosque Project Touted as World's Largest". The Toronto Star.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dahbi - United Arab Emirates". www.beautifulmosque.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim in Caracas - Venezuela". www.beautifulmosque.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Al-Nour Mosque - Cairo - | Arab Contractors". www.arabcont.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Grand Mosalla mosque of Isfahan". Iran Metropolis news agency. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Lee, Jack (2017-05-07). "What are they doing to Istanbul?". Turkey File. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque: 10 Great Reasons To Visit". Planet Janet Travels. 2017-01-29. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Sabancı Central Mosque". Sabancı Vakfı. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Tourism in Sistan and Baluchistan". Taadol. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque: Arabia Felix". www.oman.de. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini". ISNA. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Kocatepe Mosque - Ankara City Center ｜Expedia.co.in". Expedia.co.in. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ "Mohamed Ali Mosque". egypt.travel. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "The Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan". www.touregypt.net. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
