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Faisal Mosque

This article is about the landmark mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. For for the mosque in Sharjah, UAE, see King Faisal Mosque, Sharjah.
Faisal Mosque
Shah Faisal Masjid
فیصل مسجد
The Shah Faisal Mosque, Islamabad.jpg
Faisal Mosque is Pakistan's largest, as well as its National Mosque
Religion
Affiliation Sunni Islam
Location
Location Islamabad, two Pakistan
Faisal Mosque is positioned in PakistanFaisal Mosque
Location in Pakistan
Geographic coordinates 33°43′48″N 73°02′18″ECoordinates: 33°43′48″N 73°02′18″E
Architecture
Architect(s) Vedat Dalokay
Type Mosque
Style Contemporary Islamic
Date established 1987
Construction cost 120 million USD
Specifications
Capacity 300,000
Minaret(s) 4
Minaret height 90 m (300 ft)
The Faisal Mosque (Urdu: فیصل مسجد‎, romanized: Masjid Fayṣal) is a mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is placed on the foothills of Margalla Hills in Islamabad. This mosque points a cutting-edge diagram consisting of eight facets of concrete shell and is stimulated by means of a Bedouin tent.[1]

This mosque is a most important visitor enchantment in Pakistan, Islamabad in particular, and is referred as a current and influential characteristic of Islamic architecture.[2][3]

Construction of the mosque commenced in 1976 after a $120 million supply from Saudi King Faisal, whose title the mosque bears. The unconventional format via Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay was chosen after an worldwide competition.[4][2] Without a regular dome, the mosque is shaped like a Bedouin tent, surrounded via four 260 toes (79 m) tall minarets. The graph elements eight-sided shell formed sloping roofs forming a triangular worship corridor which can keep 10,000 worshippers.[5]

Combined the shape covers an area of 54,000 square ft, the mosque dominates the landscape of Islamabad.[6] It is located at the north cease of Faisal Avenue, inserting it at the northernmost stop of the metropolis and at the foot of Margalla Hills, the westernmost foothills of the Himalayas. It is located on an multiplied place of land towards a picturesque backdrop of the national park. The largest mosque in Pakistan, the Faisal Mosque was once the largest mosque in the world from 1986 till 1993, when it was once overtaken by mosques in MENA area of Saudi Arabia. Faisal Mosque is now the fourth largest mosque in terms of capacity.

History

The impetus for the mosque started in 1966 when King Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz supported the initiative of the Pakistani Government to build a country wide mosque in Islamabad for the duration of an authentic go to to Pakistan. In 1969, an worldwide opposition was once held in which architects from 17 international locations submitted 43 proposals. The winning sketch used to be that of Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay. Forty-six acres of land were assigned for the undertaking and the execution was assigned to Pakistani engineer and workers.[8] Construction of the mosque commenced in 1976 by National Construction Limited of Pakistan, led by way of Azim Khan and was funded through the government of Saudi Arabia, at a price of over 130 million Saudi riyals (approximately 120 million USD today). King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz was instrumental in the funding, and each the mosque and the road main to it were named after him after his assassination in 1975. Kind Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz's successor Shah Khalid laid the foundation stone for the mosque in October 1976 and signed the construction settlement in 1978. Basic records of the mosque can be observed written on the foundation stone. On 18 June 1988, the first prayer was once held, even though the mosque used to be carried out in 1986. The mosque grounds alongside with being a building for prayer, additionally used to residence the International Islamic University some years in the past however has considering relocated to a new campus in 2000. Some typical and conservative Muslims criticised the graph at first for its unconventional layout and lack of a ordinary dome structure.