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- The Grand Mosque was constructed between 1994 and 2007 and was inaugurated in December 2007.
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The mosque was built under the guidance and supervision of Sheikh Zayed, who was buried here after his death in 2004. It features 82 domes, more than 1,000 columns, 24-carat-gold gilded chandeliers and the world's largest hand-knotted carpet.
The first considerations to build the Mosque began in the late 1980s, and construction began on November 5th, 1996, and it opened for worship on Eid Al Adha 2007.
The first considerations to build the Mosque began in the late 1980s, and construction began on November 5, 1996. The maximum capacity is approximately 50,000 people. The inner prayer halls were initially opened for worship of Eid Al Adha in 2007 and have remained so since then.
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (Arabic جامع الشيخ زايد الكبير) construction began during the presidency of the late HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), who wanted to establish a structure that would unite the Islamic world’s cultural diversity, historical and modern values of ...
When was Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque built? Sheikh Zayed Mosque’s construction started in 1996 and was completed in 2007. It took over 11 years to build this architectural masterpiece, involving the efforts of thousands of skilled craftsmen and artisans.
The late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan built this mosque to convey historic consequence and to embody the Islamic message of peace, tolerance and diversity.
The mosque was conceived by the first president of the UAE. The Grand Mosque takes its name from the UAE’s first president, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who was the driving force behind this majestic construction.
