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Sultan Mosque
{{Infobox religious building
| name                  = مسجد سلطان<br />Sultan Mosque
| native_name           = Masjid Sultan  
| native_name_lang      = ms
| image                 = Masjid Sultan after Repaint.jpg
|image_size             = 300px
| image_upright         = 
| alt                   = 
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===Architecture===
[[Architect]] Denis Santry of [[Swan & Maclaren]] adopted a [[Indo-Saracenic|Saracenic]] style, incorporating [[minaret]]s and [[balustrade]]s. The mosque was completed after four years in 1928.

==Opening==
The mosque was 
partially completed by two-thirdtwo-thirds complete and was formally opened ion 27 December 1929.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19291230-1.2.64|title=NEW SULTAN MOSQUE AT KAMPONG GLAM.ew Sultan Mosque at Kampong Glam |access-date=2018-09-24}}</ref> The mosque was fully completed in 1932.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19320226-1.2.13|title=MATTERS OF MUSLIM INTERESTatters of Muslim Interest|access-date=2018-09-24}}</ref>

The Sultan Mosque has stayed essentially unchanged since it was built, with only repairs carried out to the main hall in 1968 and an annex added in 1993. It was [[gazette]]d as a [[National Monuments of Singapore|national monument]] on 8 March 1975.

The mosque is currently managed by its own Board of Trustees and Management Board.

==Transportation==
The mosque is accessible from [[Bugis MRT station]].

==See also==
* [[Islam in Singapore]]
* [[List of mosques in Singapore]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Masjid Sultan Singapura.JPG|Masjid Sultan Sign
File:Masjid Sultan.JPG|Masjid Sultan at Muscat Street in [[Kampong Glam]]
File:Masjid Sultan Aerial Perspective.jpg|Masjid Sultan Aerial Perspective. The urban encroachment into the heritage protected precinct of Kampong Glam - home of Singapore's precolonial indigenous artisocracy is visible from this aerial panorama taken in February 2008
File:Aerial perspective of Masjid Sultan in Singapore.jpg|Aerial perspective of Masjid Sultan in Singapore
</gallery>

==References==
{{rReflist}}
*National Heritage Board (2002), ''Singapore's 100 Historic Places'', Archipelago Press, {{ISBN|981-4068-23-3}}

==External links==
{{cCommons category|Masjid Sultan}}
*[{{Official website|http://sultanmosque.sg/ Sultan Mosque Official Website]}}
*[https://www.facebook.com/masjidsultan.singapore Sultan Mosque Facebook Page]
*[https://www.instagram.com/masjidsultan/ Sultan Mosque Instagram Page]

{{Mosques in Singapore}}

[[Category:Mosques in Singapore|Sultan]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Singapore]]
[[Category:National monuments of Singapore]]
[[Category:Mosques completed in 1928]]
[[Category:Rochor]]