List of largest mosques
This is a list of mosques that accommodate at least 5000 worshipers. The default listing is alphabetical; to sort using different criteria, click on the desired column headers. Note that determining 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
| Name | Images | Capacity (worshipers) | Area | City | Administrative Region | Country | Year of first building |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masjid al-Harammap |  | 4,000,000[1] | 400,800 m² (3,841,000 sq ft)[1] | Mecca | Makkah Province |  Saudi Arabia | between 634 and 644 |
| Al-Masjid al-Nabawimap |  | 900,000 | 400,500 m² (4,311,000 sq ft) | Medina | Al Madinah Province | Saudi Arabia | Pre 622 |
| Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque |  | 10,000[2] | Grozny | Chechen Republic |  Russia | 2008 | |
| Imam Ali Mosque | .jpg) | 800,000 | 300,500 m2 (3,235,000 sq ft) | Najaf | Najaf Governorate |  Iraq | 900 |
| Al-Azhar Mosque |  | 20,000 | 7,800 m² (84,000 sq ft) | Cairo | Egypt |  Egypt | 972 |
| Al Fateh Mosquemap |  | 7,000 | Manama | Capital Governorate |  Bahrain | 1987 | |
| Imam Husayn Shrine and Al Abbas Mosque |  | 1,000,000 | 390,550 m2 (4,203,800 sq ft) | Karbala | Karbala Governorate | Iraq | 680 |
| Badshahi Mosquemap | .jpg) | 100,000E | 29,867.2 m² (321,488 sq ft)E | Lahore | Punjab |  Pakistan | 1673 |
| Grand Jamia Mosque |  | 25,000 (indoor capacity) 70,000 (outdoor capacity) | 9,236 m2 (99,420 sq ft) | Lahore | Punjab | Pakistan | 2014 |
| Bara Imambara |  | 350,000 | 350,000 m2 (3,800,000 sq ft) | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |  India | 1784 |
| Baitul Falah | 5,000 | Chittagong | Chittagong Division |  Bangladesh | |||
| Baitul Mukarrammap |  | 40,000 | Dhaka | Dhaka Division | Bangladesh | 1960 | |
| Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque |  | 500,000 | 200,500 m2 (2,158,000 sq ft) | Isfahan | Isfahan Province |  Iran | 1618 |
| Central Mosque, Almaty |  | 7,000 | 9,500 m² (102,000 sq ft) | Almaty | Almaty |  Kazakhstan | 1890 |
| Conakry Grand Mosque |  | 12,500 | Conakry | Conakry Region |  Guinea | 1982 | |
| East London Mosque |  | 7,500 | London | England |  United Kingdom | 1910 | |
| Emir Abdelkader Mosque | 15,000 | Constantine | Constantine Province |  Algeria | 1994 | ||
| Jamkaran Mosque |  | 800,000 | 305,500 m2 (3,288,000 sq ft) | Qom | Qom Province | Iran | 984 |
| Faisal Mosquemap |  | 300,000[3] 74,000[4]D | 43,295.8 m² (466,032 sq ft)D | Islamabad | Islamabad Capital Territory | Pakistan | 1986 |
| Grand Mosque | .jpg) | 13,000 | Kuwait City | Al Asimah |  Kuwait | 1986 | |
| Grand Mosque of Évry | 5,000 | Courcouronnes | Greater Paris |  France | 1994 | ||
| Great Mosque of Surabaya | 59,000[5] | 18,800 m2 (building) | Surabaya | East Java |  Indonesia | 2000 | |
| Hassan II Mosque |  | 105,000[6]C | 90,000 m² (970,000 sq ft)C | Casablanca | Greater Casablanca |  Morocco | 1993 |
| Id Kah Mosquemap |  | 20,000[7] | Kashgar | Xinjiang |  People's Republic of China | 1442 | |
| Imam Reza Shrinemap |  | 1,500,000[8]A | 598,657 m²[9]A (6,443,943.95 sq ft) | Mashhad | Razavi Khorasan Province | Iran | 818 |
| Istiqlal Mosque, Jakartamap |  | 120,000B | 95,000 m² (1,020,000 sq ft) | Jakarta | Jakarta Province | Indonesia | 1978 |
| Chota Imambara |  | 100,000 | 150,000 m2 (1,600,000 sq ft) | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | India | 1784 |
| Jama Masjidmap |  | 85,000G | 45,000 m² (484,375 sq ft) | Old Delhi | National Capital Territory of Delhi | India | 1656 |
| Makhachkala Grand Mosque |  | 17,000[10] | Makhachkala | Republic of Dagestan | Russia | 1998 | |
| Masjid e Tooba |  | 5,000 | Karachi | Sindh | Pakistan | 1969 | |
| Masjid Negaramap |  | 15,000 | Kuala Lumpur | Federal Territory |  Malaysia | 1965 | |
| Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque |  | 24,000 | Shah Alam | Selangor | Malaysia | 1988 | |
| Mecca Masjid |  | 20,000 | Hyderabad | Telangana | India | 1694 | |
| Mosque of Rome |  | 12,000 | 30,000 m² (320,000 sq ft) | Rome | Lazio |  Italy | 1995 |
| Saleh Mosque |  | 44,000[11] | 27,300 | Sana'a | Sana'a |  Yemen | 2008 |
| Sabancı Mosque |  | 28,000 | Adana | Adana Province |  Turkey | 1998 | |
| Shah Mosque |  | 700,000 | 400,500 m2 (4,311,000 sq ft) | Isfahan | Isfahan Province | Iran | 1611 |
| Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab Mosque |  |
30,000[12] | - | Doha | Doha |  Qatar | 2010 |
| Sheikh Zayed Mosquemap | 40,000 F | 22,000 m² (240,000 sq ft)[13] | Abu Dhabi | Emirate of Abu Dhabi |  United Arab Emirates | 2007 | |
| Sultan Ahmed Mosque (also known as Blue Mosque) |  | 10,000 | Istanbul | Marmara Region | Turkey | 1616 | |
| Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah | 40,000 | Cotabato City | Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao |  Philippines | 2011 | ||
| Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosquemap |  | 20,000 | 416,000 m² (4,480,000 sq ft) | Muscat | Muscat Governorate |  Oman | 2001 |
| Taj-ul-Masajidmap |  | 175,000 | 90,000 m² (968,751 sq ft) | Bhopal | Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal | India | 1901 |
| Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque | .jpg) | 10,000 | 18,000 m² | Gypjak | Turkmenistan |  Turkmenistan | 2004 |
| Uganda National Mosque |  | 12,200 | 48,562.3 m² (522,720 sq ft) | Kampala | Central Region |  Uganda | 1972 |
| Umayyad Mosquemap |  | 20,000 | Damascus | Damascus Governorate |  Syria | 705 | |
| Jamia Masjid, Srinagar |  | 33,000[14] | - | Jammu and kashmir | Kashmir | India | 1400 |
| Juma Masjid Mosque |  | 6,000[15] | - | Durban | Kwazulu-Natal |  South Africa | 1881 |
| Nizamiye Masjid | 6,000[16] | - | Midrand | Johannesburg | South Africa | 2009 |
Footnotes
- ^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: 5,000; courtyard and porticoes: 95,000. Courtyard area: 278,784 sq ft (25,899.9 m2))
- ^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.
Mapping
- ^ Masjid al-Haram, 21°25′19″N 039°49′33″E / 21.42194°N 39.82583°E
- ^ Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, 24°28′06″N 039°36′39″E / 24.46833°N 39.61083°E
- ^ Imām Ridhā Mosque, 36°17′16″N 59°36′56″E / 36.28778°N 59.61556°E
- ^ Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, 06°10′11″S 106°49′51″E / 6.16972°S 106.83083°E
- ^ Hassan II Mosque, 33°36′26.4″N 7°37′57″W / 33.607333°N 7.63250°W
- ^ Faisal Mosque, 33°43′47″N 073°02′18″E / 33.72972°N 73.03833°E
- ^ Badshahi Mosque, 31°35′18″N 074°18′49″E / 31.58833°N 74.31361°E
- ^ Sheikh Zayed Mosque, 24°24′44″N 054°28′28″E / 24.41222°N 54.47444°E
- ^ Jama Masjid, 28°39′03″N 077°13′59″E / 28.65083°N 77.23306°E
- ^ Baitul Mukarram, 23°43′46″N 090°24′44″E / 23.72944°N 90.41222°E
- ^ Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, 23°35′02″N 58°23′21″E / 23.58389°N 58.38917°E
- ^ Id Kah Mosque, 39°28′20″N 075°59′05″E / 39.47222°N 75.98472°E
- ^ Masjid Negara, 03°08′31″N 101°41′29″E / 3.14194°N 101.69139°E
- ^ Sultan Ahmed Mosqu, 41°00′19″N 028°58′36″E / 41.00528°N 28.97667°E
- ^ Al Fateh Mosque, 26°13′08″N 050°35′53″E / 26.21889°N 50.59806°E
- ^ Al-Aqsa Mosque, 31°46′35″N 035°14′08″E / 31.77639°N 35.23556°E[17]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "5 Largest Mosques in the World by Area and Capacity". Funxone - Inspiring Everything. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ Russia's Chechnya inaugurates vast new mosque, 17.10.2008, reuters.com, read 16.1.2015
- ↑ Leslie Noyes Mass (15 September 2011). Back to Pakistan: A Fifty-Year Journey. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 170. ISBN 978-1442213197. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ↑ Faisal Mosque at ArchNet
- ↑ "Masjid Al-Akbar". Humas Jakarta Islamic Centre and 27th ISLAND (in Indonesian). DuniaMasjid.com. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
- ↑ Jackie Craven. "Sacred Buildings". About.com Home. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ Peter Neville-Hadley. Frommer's China. Frommer's, 2003. ISBN 978-0-7645-6755-1. 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.
- ↑ Makhachkala organizes charity iftars, islamdag.info, 23.8.2011, read 12.1.2014
- ↑ "Al-Saleh Mosque in Yemen". Islamic Arts and Architecture. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "State Mosque to be named after Imam Abdul Wahhab". Gulf-Times. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque – Abu Dhabi
- ↑ Jamia Masjid, Srinagar
- ↑ Juma Masjid Mosque
- ↑ Nizamiye Masjid
- ↑ NS Country Classification