Emirate's Grand Mosque
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The emirate’s Grand Mosque brought together manpower and materials from around the globe for its construction.
A glimpse of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan Mosque from a flyover in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi. The mosque is an icon of the capital, reflecting the spirit of Islam.
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Sheikh
Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan was laid to rest in this mosque. Sheikh Zayed,
founder of the UAE, was the ruler of Abu
Dhabi and president of the UAE for over 30 years
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The
mosque’s initial architectural design was Moroccan but it evolved to
include many global features, including exterior walls that are of
traditional Turkish design. Materials such as marble, stone, gold,
semi-precious stones, crystals and ceramics were used in its construction.
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The
eighty domes of the mosque are decorated with white marble |
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The main
dome of the mosque measures 32.7 metres in diameter and stands 70 metres high
from the inside and 85 metres high from the outside. |
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The
mosque has 1,096 columns in its exterior and decorated with more than 20,000
handmade marble panels encrusted
with semi-precious stones. |
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The
Qibla wall (the wall which directs to Mecca)
is decorated so as not to distract worshippers from prayer. The 99 names
(qualities) of Allah are featured on this wall using traditional Kufi
calligraphy and are back-illuminated using fibre-optic lighting. Twenty-four
carat gold, gold leaf and gold glass mosaic were also used in the mehrab. |
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The mosque
is decorated by seven 24-carat, gold-plated chandeliers
which were imported from Germany,
designed with Swarovski crystals |
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The
chandelier, which is decorated in
the main dome of the mosque, is considered one of the biggest in the world
and measures 10 metres in diameter, 15 metres in height and weights eight to
nine tones. |
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-Mudassar
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