Monday, August 23, 2010

Masjid Agung Palembang

Masjid Agung Palembang was originally called Masjid Sultan and built in the year 1738 by Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin I Jayo Wikramo. This mosque dedication took place on 28 Jumada Beginning in 1151 H (May 26, 1748). The size of the mosque building the first time originally built 1080 square meter area with the capacity Congregation in 1200. The first expansion was done by charitable Sayid Umar bin Muhammad Assegaf Altoha and Sayid Ahmad bin Syech Sahab conducted in 1897 under the leadership of Prince Ibn Mustafa Karta Nataagama Mangala Raden Kamaluddin.
At the beginning of construction (1738-1748), as mosques elderly in Indonesia, the Sultan Mosque was not initially have tower. Later in the reign of Sultan Ahmad Najamudin (1758-1774) then built a tower that is located slightly apart in the west. Form of the tower as the tower building tipped temples with curved roof forms. On the outside of the body of the tower there is a fenced patio that surrounds body parts. Form of the mosque which is now known as the Great Mosque, not much different as we see now. Form This now has been amended many times revamp and expansion. At first the repairs carried out by government Netherlands after a major war in 1819 and 1821. After improvement then do the addition / expansion in 1893, 1916, 1950s, 1970s, and the last on 1990s. In the renovation and construction work in The 1970s by Pertamina, is also to build a tower thus reached its present form. Original tower with Chinese-style roof was not torn down.
Expanding the second time in 1930. conducted again in 1952 expansion by the Foundation of the Great Mosque built in the year 1966-1969 additional second floor so that the vast mosque until now 5520 square meters with a capacity of 7750. The Great Mosque is the oldest and most important mosques in history of Palembang. The mosque is around 259-year-old located in The Village 19 Ilir, West Ilir District I, right at the junction between Jalan Merdeka and Jalan Sudirman, the center Palembang city. Not far from there, there is a bridge shall. Mosque and the bridge has become a land mark the city until now.
In history, the mosque is located in the center of the kingdom Islamic studies center that gave birth to a number of scholars important in his day. Sheikh Abdus Samad al-Palembani, Boxed Fachruddin, and Syihabuddin bin Abdullah is a few scholars involved in the mosque and has an important role praxis and discourse in Islam.
Note the source: http://www.palembang.masjiddigital.info/sejarah.php

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