Postcard OM-1472

👆 Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع ٱلسُّلْطَان قَابُوْس ٱلْأَكْبَر) is the largest mosque in Oman 🇴🇲, located in the capital city of Muscat.

In 1992, the then Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said, directed that his country should have a Grand Mosque 🕌. In 1993, a competition for the design of the proposed mosque took place. Construction commenced in December 1994.

The mosque is made of stone, with doors, windows and embellishments made of wood and glass. Around 300,000 tons of Indian sandstone was imported for the building. Five minarets have been built around the premises of the mosque: the main minaret (90 metres (300 ft)) in height, and the four flanking minarets (45.5 metres (149 ft)) are the mosque’s chief visual features from the exterior.