Siddiqa Fatima Zahra Mosque | |
Native Name: | Al-Siddiqa Fatima Al-Zahra Mosque |
Native Name Lang: | مسجد الصداقة فاطمة الزهراء |
Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
Locale: | Dahiya Abdullah Mubarak City |
Location: | Kuwait |
Festivals: | --> |
Country: | Kuwait |
Organizational Status: | --> |
Religious Features: | Qibla, Mihrab, Minbar |
Architecture Type: | Taj Mahal |
Architecture Style: | Mughal Architecture |
Founded By: | MP Hassan Jowhar |
Groundbreaking: | February 2008 |
Year Completed: | June 2011 |
Date Destroyed: | --> |
Capacity: | 4,000 worshipers |
Dome Quantity: | 9 (1 main dome, 4 chhattris, 4 domes on the minarets) |
Dome Height Outer: | 22 meters |
Minaret Quantity: | 4 |
Minaret Height: | 42 meters |
Site Area: | 3,200 m2 |
Elevation Ft: | --> |
Siddiqua Fatima Zahra Mosque (Arabic: مسجد فاطمة الزهراء) is a mosque located in the Dahiya Abdullah Mubarak community, near the Kuwait International Airport, in Kuwait.
The work was started in February 2008 and was completed in June 2011. The total area is 3200 square meters, which can hold around 3500 men with a separate area for 500 women. Four minarets stand 33 meters tall (42 meters from the ground), and there is a dome 16 meters wide and 22 meters high. The marble was imported from Iran, and the marble was worked on by Iranian and Indian artisans working 24/7 for 8 months. The mosque was designed by Dar Tahir Consultants with a joint project of Eng. Hani from Egypt and Mr. Anwar, a design developer from Pakistan in the style of the Taj Mahal India .[1]