Nur-Astana Mosque
Also known as: Әбу Насыр әл-Фараби мешіті
Mosque in Astana, Kazakhstan
Key facts
- Built
- 2008
- Capacity
- 5,000 people
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Overview
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The Nur-Astana Mosque stands at 36 Kabanbay Batyr Avenue in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Its local Kazakh name is Әбу Насыр әл-Фараби мешіті. The building is dated to 2008 and has a capacity of about 5,000 people. It has four minarets, each 63 metres high. The 40-metre height of the dome is said to symbolise the age at which the Prophet Muhammad received the first revelation, while the height of the minarets is said to refer to the age at which he died.
History
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According to one source, the mosque was built between 2005 and 2008. Another source states that it opened in 2005 after three years of construction. Our record gives 2008 as the year of construction.
It is reported to have been the largest mosque in Kazakhstan until the Hazrat Sultan Mosque was completed.
From Wikipedia
The Nur-Astana Mosque (Kazakh: Nur-Astana meshiti/Нұр-Астана мешіті; Russian: Мечеть «Нур Астана»), is a mosque in Astana, Kazakhstan. It is third largest mosque in Central Asia. The 40-meter (131-foot) height symbolizes the age of the Islamic prophet Muhammad when he received the revelations, and the height of the minarets are 63 meters (207 foot), the age Muhammad was when he died.
The mosque designed by Charles Hadife an architect based in Beirut Lebanon is located at the left riverbank in the city of Astana, construction first started in March 2005. The mosque was a gift in accordance with the agreement of the Kazakhstan President, Nursultan Nazarbayev and the Emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa. It has a capacity of 5,000 worshippers inside the mosque, including 2,000 for worshippers outside the mosque. The structure is made of glass, concrete, granite and alucobond measures.
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Sources
© OpenStreetMap katkıcıları (ODbL): https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/16827715
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Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Nur-Astana
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