Ubudiah Mosque
History
The mosque was built amid the rule of the 28th Sultan of Perak, Sultan Idris Murshidul Adzam Shah I Ibni Almarhum Raja Bendahara Alang Iskandar Teja, who commissioned its development as thanksgiving for his recuperation from an sickness that tormented him in his afterward a long time. The groundbreaking ceremony took put on 26 September 1913.
Urban and Architectural
The striking image of the mosque can never be disassociated
with its grand bulbous dome, Clad in gold-like yellow plating cresting with an attached
pointed pinnacle, this projects an undulating look of the dome, right from the
base and narrow drum. The main dome is flanked by numerous pointed domes of
various sizes, shaping monumental views of arrays of floating domes.
Accompanying the main dome, the four octagonal minarets
stand sturdily with its chattri-style balconies above. It is surmounted with an
onion shaped dome with a deep eaves supported by trefoil arches. To match with
the minarets, many smaller cupolas are placed at the mosque flat roof level,
Similar to the minaret design, it is replaced with a group of thin pedestals
that act as smaller minarets. The pristine beauty is further added to a series
of crenellations lined up against the roof cornices.
With its monumental verticality approach, the architect
added a series of marble horizontal bands, which can be seen on the minaret and
across the mosque bulling. The Moorish influence is visibly noted on the
horseshoe arches of the veranda area, which also used as an overspill prayer
area. Across the veranda area, the Corinthian columns and pilasters are erected
against the many rounded arches with the use at corbels and architraves.
Inside the main prayer hall, a different design atmosphere
is seen and expressed with the use of as a series of horseshoe arch windows,
finished in a rich interior decoration. Intricate plaster works of mounded cornice
and ceiling dominates the space, with a grand centerpiece chandelier. A rounded
arch of the gibla wall with a horseshoe arch denotes the mihrab niche: an
elevated timber mimbar pulpit is placed to its right,
Description
Ubudiah Mosque is a Royal Mosque that was built by the Late Sultan Idris Murshidul’adzam Shah. It was built in 1913 and completed afterward in 1917. Ubudiah Mosque islocated at Bukit Chandan, Kuala Kangsar, Perak. The contruction cost of the mosque was expensive, around $22,000 atthat time.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubudiah_Mosque
https://www.academia.edu/3836280/Masjid_Ubudiah_Kuala_Kangsar_Perak_Malaysia
Details
الموقع
Bukit Chandan,33000 Kuala Kangsar,Perak
عدد المصليين
3000
المالك / المتبرع
Sultan of Perak
المعماري
تاريخ البناء
1913
Area
2473
الرسومات المعمارية
الخريطة
History
The mosque was built amid the rule of the 28th Sultan of Perak, Sultan Idris Murshidul Adzam Shah I Ibni Almarhum Raja Bendahara Alang Iskandar Teja, who commissioned its development as thanksgiving for his recuperation from an sickness that tormented him in his afterward a long time. The groundbreaking ceremony took put on 26 September 1913.
Urban and Architectural
The striking image of the mosque can never be disassociated
with its grand bulbous dome, Clad in gold-like yellow plating cresting with an attached
pointed pinnacle, this projects an undulating look of the dome, right from the
base and narrow drum. The main dome is flanked by numerous pointed domes of
various sizes, shaping monumental views of arrays of floating domes.
Accompanying the main dome, the four octagonal minarets
stand sturdily with its chattri-style balconies above. It is surmounted with an
onion shaped dome with a deep eaves supported by trefoil arches. To match with
the minarets, many smaller cupolas are placed at the mosque flat roof level,
Similar to the minaret design, it is replaced with a group of thin pedestals
that act as smaller minarets. The pristine beauty is further added to a series
of crenellations lined up against the roof cornices.
With its monumental verticality approach, the architect
added a series of marble horizontal bands, which can be seen on the minaret and
across the mosque bulling. The Moorish influence is visibly noted on the
horseshoe arches of the veranda area, which also used as an overspill prayer
area. Across the veranda area, the Corinthian columns and pilasters are erected
against the many rounded arches with the use at corbels and architraves.
Inside the main prayer hall, a different design atmosphere
is seen and expressed with the use of as a series of horseshoe arch windows,
finished in a rich interior decoration. Intricate plaster works of mounded cornice
and ceiling dominates the space, with a grand centerpiece chandelier. A rounded
arch of the gibla wall with a horseshoe arch denotes the mihrab niche: an
elevated timber mimbar pulpit is placed to its right,
Description
Ubudiah Mosque is a Royal Mosque that was built by the Late Sultan Idris Murshidul’adzam Shah. It was built in 1913 and completed afterward in 1917. Ubudiah Mosque islocated at Bukit Chandan, Kuala Kangsar, Perak. The contruction cost of the mosque was expensive, around $22,000 atthat time.