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| location              = 3 Muscat Street, [[Kampong Glam]], [[Singapore]] 198833
| tradition             = [[Sunni Islam]]
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| website               = {{url|http://sultanmosque.sg/}}
| architect             = Denis Santry
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| architecture_style    = [[Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture|Indo-Saracenic style]]
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| established           = 1924
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'''Masjid Sultan''' or '''Sultan Mosque''', is a [[mosque]] located at Muscat Street and [[North Bridge Road]] within the [[Kampong Glam]] precinct of the district of [[Rochor]] in [[Singapore]]. It was named after [[Hussein Shah of Johor|Sultan Hussain Shah]]. In 1975, it was designated a national monument.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sultan Mosque |url=https://roots.sg/Roots/Content/Places/national-monuments/sultan-mosque |website=Roots |accessdate=26 September 2018}}</ref>

==History==
When Singapore was ceded to the [[United Kingdom|British]] in 1819, [[Temenggong Abdul Rahman]], the [[Temenggong of Johor]], and Sultan Hussain Shah of [[Johor]], under whose jurisdiction Singapore fell, acquired small fortunes in exchange for their power. [[Sir Stamford Raffles]] also granted the [[Temenggong]] and the [[Sultan]] an annual [[stipend]] and the use of [[Kampong Glam]] for their residence.

The area around Kampong Glam was also allocated for [[Malay people|Malays]] and other [[Muslim]]s. Hussain built a [[palace]] there and brought his family and a complete entourage from the [[Riau]] islands. Many of the Sultan's and Temenggong's followers came to Kampong Glam from the Riau Islands, [[Malacca]] and [[Sumatra]].

Sultan Hussain then decided to build a mosque befitting his status. He constructed a mosque next to his palace from 1824 to 1826 with funds solicited from the [[British East India Company|East India Company]]. With a two-tiered [[pyramid]]al roof, it was of a typical design. The original building was replaced with a new mosque.

The management of the mosque was headed by Alauddin Shah, the Sultan's grandson, until 1879, when he passed the torch into five community leaders. In 1914, the [[lease]] was extended by the government for a further 999 years and a new board of [[trustee]]s was appointed, with two representatives from each faction of the Muslim community.

By the early 1900s, Islamic [[commerce]], [[culture]] and [[art]] had grown in [[Singapore]]. Sultan Mosque soon became too small for this burgeoning community. In 1924, the year of the mosque's [[centenary]], the trustees approved a plan to erect a new mosque. The old mosque had by then also fallen into a state of disrepair.

===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-third and was formally opened in 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.|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 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]]

==External links==
*[http://sultanmosque.sg/ Masjid Sultan Official Website]
*[https://www.facebook.com/masjidsultan.singapore Masjid Sultan Facebook Page]
*[https://www.instagram.com/masjidsultan/ Masjid Sultan Instagram Page]
*[https://goo.gl/maps/zU1XghFzqCS2 GoogleMaps StreetView of Masjid Sultan.]
*[https://goo.gl/maps/f64oTPhcxB42 GoogleMaps PhotoSphere of Masjid Sultan prayer hall.]

==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==
{{reflist}}

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

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