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[edit]

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1  | Djamaa el Djazaïr |  Algeria | Algiers  | 265 metres  | 2019  |
2  | Hassan II Mosque[1] |  Morocco | Casablanca | 210 metres | 1993 |
3  | Rahmatan Lil-Alamin Mosque  |  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  | Jakarta Islamic Center[7] |  Indonesia | Jakarta | 114 metres | 2002 |
11  | Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim[8] |  Venezuela | Caracas | 113 metres | 1989 |
12  | Al-Masjid an-Nabawi |  Saudi Arabia | Medina | 112 metres | 1994 |
13  | Al-Nour Mosque[9] |  Egypt | Cairo | 111.9 metres |  |
14  | Grand Mosalla mosque of Isfahan[10] |  Iran | Isfahan | 110 metres | 2010 |
15  | Çamlıca Republic Mosque[11] |  Turkey | Istanbul | 107.1 metres | 2016 |
16  | The Grand Mosque[12] |  United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 107 metres | 2007 |
17  | Al-Akbar Mosque[13] |  Indonesia | Surabaya | 99 metres | 2000 |
18  | Sabancı Central Mosque[14] |  Turkey | Adana | 99 metres | 1998 |
19  | Istiqlal Mosque |  Indonesia | Jakarta | 96.66 metres | 1978 |
20  | Jameh Mosque of Makki[15] |  Iran | Zahedan | 92 metres | 2010 |
21  | Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque[16] |  Oman | Muscat | 91.3 metres | 2001 |
22  | Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini[17] |  Iran | Tehran | 91 metres | 1992 |
23  | Faisal Mosque[18] |  Pakistan | Islamabad | 90 metres | 1987 |
24  | Kocatepe Mosque[19] |  Turkey | Ankara | 88 metres | 1987 |
25  | Abdülhamid Han Mosque |  Turkey | Kahramanmaras | 88 metres |  |
26  | Maltepe Merkez Mosque |  Turkey | Istanbul | 87 metres |  |
27  | Mosque of Muhammad Ali[20] |  Egypt | Cairo | 84.1 metres | 1848 |
28  | Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan[21] |  Egypt | Cairo | 84 metres | 1364 |
29  | Selimiye Mosque |  Turkey | Edirne | 83 metres | 1574 |
30  | Grand Mosque of Bandung |  Indonesia | Bandung | 81 metres | 2003 | The minarets were planned to be 99 meter high to represent the 99 names of Allah but was changed to 81 metres because of height restriction related with the position of Husein Sastranegara International Airport.

## See also[edit]

* List of tallest minarets

## References[edit]

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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. ^ "Pucuk Menara Masjid Jakarta Islamic Centre Miring karena Korosi". Tribun Jakarta (in Indonesian). 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
8. ^ "Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim in Caracas - Venezuela". www.beautifulmosque.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
9. ^ "Al-Nour Mosque - Cairo - | Arab Contractors". www.arabcont.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
10. ^ "Grand Mosalla mosque of Isfahan". Iran Metropolis news agency. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
11. ^ Lee, Jack (2017-05-07). "What are they doing to Istanbul?". Turkey File. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
12. ^ "Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque: 10 Great Reasons To Visit". Planet Janet Travels. 2017-01-29. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
13. ^ Putri, Edira (26 November 2017). "The 11 Most Beautiful Mosques In Indonesia". Culture Trip. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
14. ^ "Sabancı Central Mosque". Sabancı Vakfı. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
15. ^ "Tourism in Sistan and Baluchistan". Taadol. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
16. ^ "Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque: Arabia Felix". www.oman.de. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
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18. ^ 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.
19. ^ "Kocatepe Mosque - Ankara City Center ｜Expedia.co.in". Expedia.co.in. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
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21. ^ "The Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan". www.touregypt.net. Retrieved 2019-01-12.

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