Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque is the main Mosque in the Sultanate of Country:Oman:Oman.

Construction

In 1992 Sultan Qaboos directed that his country of Oman should have a Grand Mosque. A competition for its design took place in 1993 and after a site was chosen at Bausher construction commenced in 1995. Building work, which was undertaken by Carillion Alawi LLC took six years and four months.

The Mosque is built from 300,000 tonnes of Indian sandstone. The main musalla (prayer hall) is square (external dimensions 74.4 x 74.4 metres) with a central dome rising to a height of fifty metres above the floor. The dome and the main minaret (90 metres) and four flanking minarets (45.5 metres) are the mosque’s chief visual features. The main musalla can hold over 6,500 worshippers, while the women’s musalla can accommodate 750 worshippers. The outer paved ground can hold 8,000 worshippers and there is additional space available in the interior courtyard and the passageways, making a total capacity of up to 20,000 worshippers.

The world's largest hand-woven carpet and chandelier

, Oman, Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney tours the country's massive Grand Mosque, the site of which spans an area of about 416,000 square metres, March 16, 2002]]

A major feature of the design of the interior is the prayer carpet which covers the floor of the prayer hall. It contains, 1,700,000 knots, weighs 21 tonnes and took four years to produce, and brings together the classical Tabriz, Kashan and Isfahan design traditions. 28 colors in varying shades were used, the majority obtained from traditional vegetable dyes. It is the largest single piece carpet in the world. The world's largest hand-woven carpet was produced by Iran Carpet Company (ICC) at the order of the Diwan of the Royal Court of Sultanate of Oman to cover the entire floor of the main praying hall of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque (SQGM) in Muscat. The carpet measures over 70 × 60 meters, and covers the 4,343 square meter area of the praying hall, all in a single piece. The chandelier above the praying hall is 14 meters tall. The Mosque is built on a site occupying 416,000 square metres and the complex extends to cover an area of 40,000 square metres. The newly built Grand Mosque was inaugurated by Sultan of Oman on May 4, 2001.

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The Ritz-Carlton
16 March 2015
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque has the world's second largest hand-woven carpet. It contains 1,700,000,000 knots, weighs 21 tonnes and took four years to produce.
Matthias
17 October 2016
Amazingly pretty place that everyone who visits Muscat should go and see. ????????
Audra S
3 January 2019
Ladies have something long sleeved along with your scarf. I was surprised by the sleeves. Don't miss the tile work around the archways surrounding the courtyards, representing different eras of Islam.
Rachel K
1 January 2020
The tile work on the side corridors is easily the most interesting part. Each section highlights different styles and history of Islam regions.
Ali Baykal
26 September 2014
Muhteşem bir ibadethane islama yaraşır bir mekan,kusursuz mimari işçiği,göz alıcı motiflerle bezenmiş bir cami.Umman'a gelirseniz şayet mutlaka uğrayın,namaz kılacaksanız çantasız gelin çünki yasak...
Alan x el mundo
4 January 2019
Preciosa mezquita. La alfombra es la segunda más grande del mundo, 600 mujeres la tejieron durante 4 años y tiene 1,700,000,000 nudos y pesa 21 toneladas.
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