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Sabah State Mosque
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Sabah State Mosque (Malay: Masjid Negeri Sabah) is the state mosque of Sabah, located at Sembulan roundabout between Jalan Mat Salleh and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Key Information
History
[edit]Construction began in 1970 and was completed in 1975.[citation needed] The architectural design was by Arkitek Jurubina Bertiga, led by Dato Baharuddin Abu Kassim.[1] The mosque was officially opened on 28 June 1977 by the sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan.[citation needed]
Sabah State Mausoleum
[edit]The Sabah State Mausoleum is situated near the mosque. Tun Fuad Stephens, Chief Minister of Sabah (1976) who died in the Double Six Tragedy plane crash on 6 June 1976, became the first person laid to rest at this mausoleum.
Notable burials
[edit]- Tun Fuad Stephens (Donald Stephens) – Sabah state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1973–1975) and Chief Ministers of Sabah (1963–1964, 1973–1976) (died 1976)
- Tun Mohd Hamdan Abdullah – Sabah state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1975–1977) (died 1977)
- Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae – Sabah state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1965–1973) (died 1995)
- Tun Mohammad Said Keruak – Sabah state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1987–1994) (died 1995)
- Tun Mohamad Adnan Robert – Sabah state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1979–1987) (died 2003)
- Tun Sakaran Dandai – Sabah state Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) (1995–2002) (died 2021)
Gallery
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Street view of Sabah State Mosque
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Close up view of Sabah State Mosque
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Dome of Sabah State Mosque
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Minaret of Sabah State Mosque
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Inside of Sabah State Mosque
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Inside roof of Sabah State Mosque
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Inside floor of Sabah State Mosque
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nawawi, Ar. Norwina Mohd; Majid, Noor Hanita Abdul; Kassim, Puteri Shireen Jahn; Othman, Rosniza; Sharif, Harlina Mohd (January 2016). "ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW ON THE CONTEMPORARY MOSQUE ARCHITECTURE OF MALAYSIA: WHERE ARE WE HEADING?" (PDF). The International Symposium of the New Quests for the Mosque Architecture in the Contemporary Era. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
