View source for Sultan Ahmad Shah Mosque

{{Short description|Mosque in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox religious building
| name                  = Sultan Ahmad Shah Mosque
| native_name           = Masjid Sultan Ahmad Shah
| native_name_lang      = ms
| image                 = Pahang state mosque.jpg
| image_upright         =
| alt                   =
| caption               =
| map_type              = Malaysia Pahang
| map_size              = 220px
| map_alt               =
| map_relief            =
| map_caption           =
| coordinates           = {{coord|3.8080|N|103.3278|E|type:landmark_region:MY|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| religious_affiliation = [[Islam]]
| locale                =
| location              = [[Kuantan]], [[Pahang]], [[Malaysia]]
| deity                 =
| rite                  =
| sect                  =
| tradition             = [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]]
| festival              = <!-- or | festivals = -->
| cercle                =
| sector                =
| administration        =
| consecration_year     =
| organisational_status = <!-- or | organizational_status = -->
| functional_status     =
| heritage_designation  =
| ownership             =
| governing_body        =
| leadership            =
| bhattaraka            =
| patron                =
| religious_features_label =
| religious_features    =
| architect             = DZJ Architect and Associates
| architecture_type     = [[mosque]]
| architecture_style    =
| founded_by            =
| creator               =
| funded_by             =
| general_contractor    =
| established           =
| groundbreaking        =
| year_completed        = 1993
| construction_cost     =
| date_demolished       = <!-- or | date_destroyed = -->
| facade_direction      =
| capacity              =
| length                =
| width                 =
| width_nave            =
| interior_area         =
| height_max            =
| dome_quantity         =
| dome_height_outer     =
| dome_height_inner     =
| dome_dia_outer        =
| dome_dia_inner        =
| minaret_quantity      = 4
| minaret_height        =
| spire_quantity        =
| spire_height          =
| site_area             =
| temple_quantity       =
| monument_quantity     =
| shrine_quantity       =
| inscriptions          =
| materials             =
| elevation_m           = <!-- or | elevation_ft = -->
| elevation_footnotes   =
| nrhp                  =
| designated            =
| added                 =
| refnum                =
| footnotes             =
| website               =
}}
The '''Sultan Ahmad Shah Mosque''' ({{langx|ms|Masjid Sultan Ahmad Shah}}) is [[Pahang]]'s state [[mosque]]. It is located in [[Kuantan]], [[Pahang]], [[Malaysia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beautifulmosque.com/Sultan-Ahmad-Shah-State-Mosque-in-Kuantan-Malaysia|title=Beautiful Mosque Pictures|work=beautifulmosque.com}}</ref>
==History==
[[File:Old Mosque of Pahang State Mosque.jpg|thumb|Old Pahang State Mosque.]]
It is named after the recorded [[Ahmad Mua’zzam Shah of Pahang|Sultan Ahmad al-Mu’azzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Bendahara Sri Maharaja Tun Ali]] (23 May 1836 – 9 May 1914), who was the sixth [[Raja Bendahara|Raja Bendahara of Pahang]] and the founder and first modern [[:Category:Sultans of Pahang|Sultan of Pahang]] that established Pahang's present regal family. On 28 August 1964, [[Abu Bakar of Pahang|Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abdullah Al-Mu’tassim Billah Shah]] officially inaugurated the mosque.
The space-age design of old Sultan Ahmad 1 Mosque consisted of a big dome and a rocket-like minaret. It was built in 1962 to replace the old wooden one on Wall Street (now Mahkota Road). The mosque has an elaborate fifty-metre-diameter dome resting on a concrete ring above a curved concrete wall and columns. It was the most prominent geodesic dome house of worship in Pahang. Unfortunately, due to faulty design, this space-age mosque suffered from irreparable leakage during heavy rains. It was finally demolished in 1992 and a more Islamic-looking State Mosque was built in its place with new four minarets, a large dome, and a smaller dome, retaining the same name.
This new building was constructed between 1991 and 1993 by DZJ Architect and Associates.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.pahangmarathon.com/attractions/|title=Attractions|work=Run Out Marathon|access-date=2018-09-14|language=en-US}}</ref> The great-grandson of [[Ahmad Mua’zzam Shah of Pahang|Sultan Ahmad al-Mu’azzam Shah]], [[Ahmad Shah of Pahang|Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah]], accompanied by former Imam at The Great Mosque of Mecca, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190423181819/https://www.almrsal.com/post/471804 Syaikh Muhammad bin Abdullah as-Sabil], officially marked the grand reopening of the Sultan Ahmad 1 Mosque on Friday, 21 October 1994. Tuan Haji Mohd Rizzal Bin Mohd Ali Nafiah is the current Grand Imam of the Sultan Ahmad 1 State Mosque since February 2023 after the former Grand Imam, Dato' Badli Shah Bin Alauddin, became Vice [[Mufti]] of Pahang.
==See also==
{{commons category|Sultan Ahmad Shah State Mosque}}
* [[Islam in Malaysia]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Mosques in Malaysia}}
[[Category:Mosques in Pahang]]
[[Category:Kuantan]]
[[Category:Mosques completed in 1993]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with domes]]
{{Malaysia-mosque-stub}}