List of tallest mosques

A list of the tallest mosques in the world. The height value gives the height of the tallest element of the mosque ( usually a minaret).

List
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Name Country City Height Year of completion Remarks
Djamaa el Djazaïr  Algeria Algiers 265 meters 2019
Hassan II Mosque[1] MoroccoCasablanca210 metres1993
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque[2] MalaysiaShah Alam142.3 metres1988106.7 metres high dome
Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran[3] IranTehran136 metres2006Unfinished as of 2019
Al Fateh Grand Mosque BahrainManama130.1 metres1988
Putra Mosque[4] MalaysiaPutrajaya116 metres1999
Sheikh Zayed Mosque[5] United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi115 metres2008
Masjid Jakarta Islamic Center[6] IndonesiaJakarta114 metres2002
Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim[7] VenezuelaCaracas113 metres1989
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi Saudi ArabiaMedina112 metres1994
Al-Nour Mosque[8] EgyptCairo111.9 metres
Grand Mosalla mosque of Isfahan[9] IranIsfahan110 metres2010
Çamlıca Republic Mosque[10] TurkeyIstanbul107.1 metres2016
The Grand Mosque[11] United Arab EmiratesDubai107 metres2007
Al-Akbar Mosque[12] IndonesiaSurabaya99 metres2000
Sabancı Central Mosque[13] TurkeyAdana99 metres1998
Istiqlal Mosque IndonesiaJakarta96.66 metres1978
Jameh Mosque of Makki[14] IranZahedan92 metres2010
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque[15] OmanMuscat91.3 metres2001
Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini[16] IranTehran91 metres1992
Faisal Mosque[17] PakistanIslamabad90 metres1987
Great Mosque of Mecca[18] Saudi ArabiaMecca89 metres1570
Kocatepe Mosque[19] TurkeyAnkara88 metres1987
Abdülhamid Han Mosque TurkeyKahramanmaras88 metres
Maltepe Merkez Mosque TurkeyIstanbul87 metres
Mosque of Muhammad Ali[20] EgyptCairo84.1 metres1848
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan[21] EgyptCairo84 metres1364
Grand Mosque of Bandung IndonesiaBandung81 metres2003The minarets were planned to be 99 meter high to represent the 99 names of Allah but was changed to 81 meters because of height restriction related with the position of Husein Sastranegara International Airport.
Muğdat Mosque TurkeyMersin81 metres1998

See also

References
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