List of tallest mosques

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 m (ft) Year of completion Remarks
1 Djamaa el Djazaïr  Algeria Algiers 265 m (869 ft) 2019
2 Hassan II Mosque[1] MoroccoCasablanca210 m (690 ft)1993
3 Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque[2] MalaysiaShah Alam142.3 m (467 ft)1988106.7 m (350 ft) high dome
4 Great Mosque of Mecca[3] Saudi ArabiaMecca139 m (456 ft)1570
5 Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran[4] IranTehran136 m (446 ft)2006Unfinished as of 2019
6 Al Fateh Grand Mosque BahrainManama130.1 m (427 ft)1988
7 Putra Mosque[5] MalaysiaPutrajaya116 m (381 ft)1999
8 Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque[6] United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi115 m (377 ft)2008
9 Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim[7] VenezuelaCaracas113 m (371 ft)1989
10 Al-Masjid an-Nabawi Saudi ArabiaMedina112 m (367 ft)1994
11 Al-Nour Mosque[8] EgyptCairo111.9 m (367 ft)
12 Grand Mosalla mosque of Isfahan[9] IranIsfahan110 m (360 ft)2010
13 Çamlıca Republic Mosque[10] TurkeyIstanbul107.1 m (351 ft)2016
14 The Grand Mosque[11] United Arab EmiratesDubai107 m (351 ft)2007
15 Sabancı Merkez Mosque[12] TurkeyAdana99 m (325 ft)1998
16 Jameh Mosque of Makki[13] IranZahedan92 m (302 ft)2010
17 Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque[14] OmanMuscat91.3 m (300 ft)2001
18 Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini[15] IranTehran91 m (299 ft)1992
19 Faisal Mosque[16] PakistanIslamabad90 m (300 ft)1987
20 Kocatepe Mosque[17] TurkeyAnkara88 m (289 ft)1987
21 Abdülhamid Han Mosque TurkeyKahramanmaras88 m (289 ft)
22 Maltepe Merkez Mosque TurkeyIstanbul87 m (285 ft)
23 Mosque of Muhammad Ali[18] EgyptCairo84.1 m (276 ft)1848
24 Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan[19] EgyptCairo84 m (276 ft)1364
25 Selimiye Mosque TurkeyEdirne83 m (272 ft)1574

See also

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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.
  16. 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.
  17. "Kocatepe Mosque - Ankara City Center |Expedia.co.in". Expedia.co.in. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  18. "Mohamed Ali Mosque". egypt.travel. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  19. "The Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan". www.touregypt.net. Retrieved 2019-01-12.