Tranquerah Mosque

Tranquerah Mosque Masjid Tengkera

Basic information
Location	Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Architectural description
Architectural type	Mosque

Tranquerah Mosque prayer hall

Tranquerah Mosque (Malay: Masjid Tengkera), located in Malacca City, is one of the oldest mosques in Malacca, Malaysia.^[1]^[2]

History

The mosque was built in 1728 and it used to be the state mosque of Malacca before the establishment of Al Azim Mosque in 1990.

Architecture

The original mosque structure was made entirely of timber bought from Kalimantan, Dutch East India Company. It had since undergone several renovations and restorations. The mosque consists of Javanese culture components. It features triple-tiered pyramidal roof and a square base. It is one of the few mosque in Malaysia which has a pagoda in place of a minaret. The interior is a mixture of Malay, Chinese and Indonesian elements.

Features

Next to the mosque is the tomb of Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor.

References

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Penang	Kapitan Keling Mosque Lebuh Aceh Mosque Penang Floating Mosque Penang State Mosque

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Perlis	Perlis State Mosque

Putrajaya	Putra Mosque Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque

Sabah	Kota Kinabalu City Mosque Sabah State Mosque Tawau Mosque

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Category Islam in Malaysia Mosques by country

Coordinates: 2°12′14.7″N 102°13′55.1″E / 2.204083°N 102.231972°E / 2.204083; 102.231972

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Tranquerah Mosque

History

Architecture

Features

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