User:Mavigogun/List of large mosques

This is a list of mosques that accommodate at least 5000 worshipers. The default listing is alphabetical- to sort using other criteria, click on the desired column header. Note that determing exactly what should be included when calculating area is a highly subjective assessment, and the figures given here adhere to no common standard.

List of large mosques edit

Name	Images	Capacity (worshippers)	Area	City	Administrative Region	Country	Year of first building
Al-Aqsa Mosque^map		5,000^[1]		al quds	Baraa wall District ^H	Palestine	2nd built on earth after kaaba with 40 years^[2]
Al Fateh Mosque^map	File:Bahrain Grand Mosque.jpg	7,000		Manama	Capital Governorate	Bahrain	1987
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi^map	File:Masjid Nabawi. Medina, Saudi Arabia.jpg	650,000	400,500 m² (4,311,000 sq ft)	Medina	Al Madinah Province	Saudi Arabia	622
Badshahi Mosque^map		110,000^E	29,867.2 m² (321,488 sq ft)^E	Lahore	Punjab	Pakistan	1673
Baitul Mukarram^map		40,000		Dhaka	Dhaka Division	Bangladesh	1960
Baitul Futuh		10,000	21,000 m² (226049.52 sq ft)	London	Greater London	England	2003
Faisal Mosque^map		74,000^[3]^D	43,295.8 m² (466,032 sq ft)^D	Islamabad	Islamabad Capital Territory	Pakistan	1986
Grozny Central Dome Mosque		10,000^[4]		Grozny	Republic of Chechnya	Russia	2008
Hassan II Mosque^map	File:Morocco Africa Flickr Rosino December 2005 82664690.jpg	105,000^[5]^C	90,000 m² (970,000 sq ft)^C	Casablanca	Greater Casablanca	Morocco	1993
Id Kah Mosque^map		20,000^[6]		Kashgar	Xinjiang	People's Republic of China	1442
Imam Reza Shrine^map		100,000+^[7]^A	598,657 m²^[8]^A (6,443,943.95 sq ft)	Mashhad	Razavi Khorasan Province	Iran	818
Istiqlal Mosque^map		120,000^B	95,000 m² (1,022,571.49 sq ft)	Jakarta	Jakarta Province	Indonesia	1978
Jama Masjid^map		85,000^G		Old Delhi	National Capital Territory of Delhi	India	1656
Masjid al-Haram^map		820,000^[9]	400,800 m² (4,314,211.2 sq ft)^[9]	Mecca	Makkah Province	Saudi Arabia	638
Masjid-e-Aqsa		12,000		Rabwah	Punjab	Pakistan	1972
Masjid e Tooba		5,000		Karachi	Sindh	Pakistan	1969
Masjid Negara^map		15,000		Kuala Lumpur	Federal Territory	Malaysia	1965
Mosque of Rome		12,000	30,000 m² (322927.88 sq ft)	Roma	Lazio	Italy	1995
Sheikh Zayed Mosque^map		40,000^F	22,000 m² (240,000 sq ft)^[10]	Abu Dhabi	Emirate of Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	2007
Sultan Ahmed Mosque^map		10,000^[11]		Istanbul	Istanbul Province	Turkey	1616
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque^map		20,000	416,000 m² (4,477,824 sq ft)	Muscat	Muscat Governorate	Oman	2001

Footnotes edit

^A Capacity of one courtyard: 100,000; Total number courtyards: 7; Total shrine area: 267,079 m² (2,874,810 sq ft); Total courtyard area: 331,578 m² (3,569,080 sq ft) (world's largest)
^B Capacity, main building: 61,000; secondary building: 8,000; bridge building: ~1,000; Terrace: 50,000;
^C Capacity, inside: 25,000; outside: 80,000. Covered Area: 20,000 m² (220,000 sq ft)
^D Capacity, hall: 10,000; porticoes: 24,000; courtyard; 40,000. Covered Area: 5,000 m² (54,000 sq ft)
^E Capacity, hall: 10,000; courtyard and porticoes: 100,000. Courtyard area: 25,409.4 m² (273,505 sq ft)
^F Capacity, main prayer hall: 9,000; 2 halls for women: 2 * 1,500; porticoes: 18,000.
^G Capacity, hall: 10,000; courtyard: 75,000.

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^ Masjid al-Haram, 21°25′19″N 039°49′33″E / 21.42194°N 39.82583°E / 21.42194; 39.82583 (Masjid al-Haram)
^ Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, 24°28′06″N 039°36′39″E / 24.46833°N 39.61083°E / 24.46833; 39.61083 (Al-Masjid al-Nabawi)
^ Imām Ridhā Mosque, 36°17′16″N 59°36′56″E / 36.28778°N 59.61556°E / 36.28778; 59.61556 (Imām Ridhā Mosque)
^ Istiqlal Mosque, 06°10′11″S 106°49′51″E / 6.16972°S 106.83083°E / -6.16972; 106.83083 (Istiqlal Mosque)
^ Hassan II Mosque, 33°36′26.4″N 7°37′57″W / 33.607333°N 7.63250°W / 33.607333; -7.63250 (Hassan II Mosque)
^ Faisal Mosque, 33°43′47″N 073°02′18″E / 33.72972°N 73.03833°E / 33.72972; 73.03833 (Faisal Mosque)
^ Badshahi Mosque, 31°35′18″N 074°18′49″E / 31.58833°N 74.31361°E / 31.58833; 74.31361 (Badshahi Mosque)
^ Sheikh Zayed Mosque, 24°24′44″N 054°28′28″E / 24.41222°N 54.47444°E / 24.41222; 54.47444 (Sheikh Zayed Mosque)

^ Jama Masjid, 28°39′03″N 077°13′59″E / 28.65083°N 77.23306°E / 28.65083; 77.23306 (Jama Masjid)
^ Baitul Mukarram, 23°43′46″N 090°24′44″E / 23.72944°N 90.41222°E / 23.72944; 90.41222 (Baitul Mukarram)
^ Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, ??
^ Id Kah Mosque, 39°28′20″N 075°59′05″E / 39.47222°N 75.98472°E / 39.47222; 75.98472 (Id Kah Mosque)
^ Masjid Negara, 03°08′31″N 101°41′29″E / 3.14194°N 101.69139°E / 3.14194; 101.69139 (Masjid Negara)
^ Sultan Ahmed Mosqu, 41°00′19″N 028°58′36″E / 41.00528°N 28.97667°E / 41.00528; 28.97667 (Sultan Ahmed Mosque)
^ Al Fateh Mosque, 26°13′08″N 050°35′53″E / 26.21889°N 50.59806°E / 26.21889; 50.59806 (Al Fateh Mosque)
^ Al-Aqsa Mosque, 31°46′35″N 035°14′08″E / 31.77639°N 35.23556°E / 31.77639; 35.23556 (Al-Aqsa Mosque)^[12]

References edit

^ Al Aqsa Mosque
^ History of Al Aqsa Mosque ^{[unreliable source?]}
^ Faisal Mosque at ArchNet
^ Reuters
^ Sacred Buildings : Modern Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco
^ Peter Neville-Hadley. Frommer's China. Frommer's, 2003. ISBN 978-0764567551. Page 302.
^ "Sahn(Courtyards) Around the Holy Shrine". Imam Reza (A.S.) Network. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
^ "The Glory of the Islamic World". Imam Reza (A.S.) Network. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
^ ^a ^b Great Mosque of al-Haram at ArchNet
^ Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque - Abu Dhabi
^ Sultanahmet Mosque at ArchNet
^ NS Country Classification

! Mosques

[1] Al Aqsa Mosque

[2] History of Al Aqsa Mosque ^{[unreliable source?]}

[3] Faisal Mosque at ArchNet

[4] Reuters

[5] Sacred Buildings : Modern Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco

[6] Peter Neville-Hadley. Frommer's China. Frommer's, 2003. ISBN 978-0764567551. Page 302.

[7] "Sahn(Courtyards) Around the Holy Shrine". Imam Reza (A.S.) Network. Retrieved 2009-05-25.

[8] "The Glory of the Islamic World". Imam Reza (A.S.) Network. Retrieved 2009-05-25.

[archgm-9] Great Mosque of al-Haram at ArchNet

[10] Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque - Abu Dhabi

[11] Sultanahmet Mosque at ArchNet

[12] NS Country Classification

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