
The Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque is the first mosque in the old town of Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
The mosque’s sheer structure is easily visible by passer-by with its use of a bright yellow-coloured Mughal-inspired bulbous pointed dome with a single tall but slender minaret. The three-storeyed structure is modestly shaped by modern elevations clad in a yellowish colour, and a grey band running horizontally across the façade wall.
While the simple exterior form is dominated by the yellow dome, the interior takes its influence from the Moorish inspired high qibla wall and horseshoe arches. The white and orange alternate voussoirs of the blind arches create an impressive visual feature of the main prayer hall.
The female prayer gallery is located above: the interior bigger volume is accentuated by the squinched wall and rounded columns supporting the main dome. Clad in a tangy colour, the main dome is decorated with a backbone with white frames that resemble the mosque in Cordoba. The main qibla arch paves a space for the Imam and the mihrab niche, beset a multifoil arch under a huge round band of calligraphic art inscriptions. An attached minbar is made apparent through the use of a half-round cantilevered pulpit platform on the right-hand side of the main prayer hall.
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