In the decor and architecture of the mosque, one can see features of Persian, Arabic, Central Asian and Byzantine culture. Uzbek architect Abdukakhar Turdiyev, the author of the project, used some recognizable elements of Samarkand and Bukhara architecture, as well as symbols of Chechen national architecture and features important in the Islamic world. Thus, the mosque’s entrance gate resembles a Taj Mahal-style arch or the Miri Arab in Bukhara. The ‘mihrab’ (the wall pointing towards the ‘Kaaba’) is decorated with inscriptions from the Koran in Arabic.
The height of the main dome is 43 meters on the sides are four 63-metre-high minaret. The mosque is built of white marble, decorated with pure gold. The building was constructed in 2012, and the opening of the mosque timed to the 68th anniversary of the birth of the first President of the Republic Akhmad Kadyrov (born August 23, 1951), father of the current head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.
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