List of tallest mosques

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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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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 Merkez 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

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* List of tallest minarets

## References

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1. ^ Rawlings, Nate (2011-08-03). "Top 10 Tallest Structures in the World: The World's Tallest Minaret". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
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.
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17. ^ "Kocatepe Mosque - Ankara City Center ｜Expedia.co.in". Expedia.co.in. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
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19. ^ "The Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan". www.touregypt.net. Retrieved 2019-01-12.

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