In 1992 Sultan Qaboos directed that his country of Oman
should have a Grand Masjid. A competition for its design took place in 1993 and
after a site was chosen at Bausher construction commenced in 1995. Building
work, which was undertaken by Carillion Alawi LLC took six years and four
months. The Masjid is built from 300,000 tonnes of Indian sandstone and
eleventh largest Masjid in the world. The main musalla (prayer hall) is square
(external dimensions 74.4 x 74.4 metres) with a central dome rising to a height
of fifty metres above the floor. The dome and the main minaret (90 metres) and
four flanking minarets (45.5 metres) are the Masjid’s chief visual features.
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