Grand Jamia Mosque

For similarly named mosques, see List of grand mosques.

The Grand Jamia Mosque (Urdu: گرینڈ جامع مسجد, romanized: graiṇḍ jāmi' masjid), is a cultural complex under construction in Bahria Town Karachi, in the Sindh province of Pakistan. When completed, the complex will include a mosque with the capacity to accommodate 800,000 worshippers at a time, making it Pakistan's largest and the world's third-largest mosque according to capacity.^[1][2]

Grand Jamia Mosque
گرینڈ جامع مسجد،
Under construction in 2020
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Status	Under construction
Location
Location	Bahria Town Karachi, Sindh
Country	Pakistan
Location of the mosque within Karachi
Geographic coordinates	25°02′52″N 67°19′24″E
Architecture
Architect(s)	Nayyar Ali Dada
Style	Mughal Persian Chinese Turkish
Groundbreaking	6 January 2015
Completed	~2023 (projected)
Specifications
Capacity	800,000 worshipers
Dome(s)	150
Dome height (outer)	75 metres (246 ft) (largest)
Minaret(s)	1
Minaret height	99 m (325 ft)
Materials	Marble
[1][2]

Design

The design is a blend of Mughal and Persian architecture.^[1] An area of 20 hectares (50 acres) at the top of a 18-metre (60 ft) hill was selected so that the mosque would be visible from some distance away. The design includes a 99-metre (325 ft) single-monument minaret.^[3][4] The Mosque contains 150 domes in total.^[2]The height of the largest single dome is 75 metres (246 ft). High quality beige-coloured marble from Balochistan is used in the construction. The complex will be surrounded by large gardens surrounded by arch-shaped walls on all four sides.^[5][6]

The mosque will have fountains within the courtyard. To protect worshippers from the sun, the courtyard will have automated umbrellas similar in design to the ones in Al-Masjid an-Nabawi.

Gallery

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  Under construction in 2020
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  The mosque in 2022

See also

• Islam portal
• Pakistan portal

• List of largest mosques
• Islamic architecture
• Architecture of Pakistan
• List of mosques in Pakistan

References

1. "Groundbreaking ceremony of Grand Jamia Masjid". January 7, 2015. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
2. Ullah, Rafi (May 7, 2020). "World's Third-Largest Mosque". Architectural times. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
3. "Bahria breaks ground on world's third largest mosque". The Express Tribune. January 6, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
4. "Karachi: Foundation stone of world's third largest mosque laid | Pakistan | Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
5. "Foundation of Grand Jamia Masjid laid in Karachi - PAKISTAN - geo.tv". January 6, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
6. "World's third biggest mosque will be constructed in Karachi". The Nation. January 7, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.

External links

Media related to Grand Jamia Mosque, Karachi at Wikimedia Commons