Documentary of Faisal Mosque,

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The Faisal Mosque is a mosque located in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is the fifth-largest mosque in the world and the largest within South Asia located on the foothills of Marsala hills in Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad. The mosque features a contemporary design consisting of eight sides of the concrete shell and is inspired by the design of a typical Bedouin tent. A major tourist attraction in Pakistan. The mosque is a contemporary and influential piece of Islamic architecture construction of the mosque began in 1976, after a 28 million Dollar grant from Saudi King Faisal whose name the mosque bears. The unconventional design by Turkish Architect Vedantalikai was selected after an international competition without a typical dome the mosque is shaped like a Bedouin tent surrounded by four 260 feet 79 meters minarets.

The design features an eight-sided shell-shaped sloping roof forming a triangular worship hall that can hold ten thousand worshippers combined the structure covers an area of 33 acres 130 000 square meters 1 million 400 000 square feet. The mosque dominates the landscape of Islamabad. It is situated at the north end of   Faisal Avenue at the northernmost end of the city and the foot of Margalla Hills the westernmost foothills of the Himalayas.

It is located on an elevated area of land against a picturesque backdrop of the national park Faisal Mosque was the largest mosque in the world from 1986 until 1993. When it was overtaken by the mosques in Saudi Arabia Faisal Musk is now the fifth-largest mosque in the world in terms of capacity.

History, The impetus for the mosque began in 1966 when King Faisal bin Abdulaziz supported the initiative of the Pakistani government to build a national mosque in Islamabad during an official visit to Pakistan in 1969 an international competition was held in which architects from 17 countries submitted 43 proposals. The winning design was that of the Turkish architect Vaidak Dalakai. 46 acres of land were assigned for the project and the execution was assigned to Pakistani engineers and workers construction of the mosque began in 1976 by National Construction Limited of Pakistan led by Azam Khan and was funded by the government of Saudi Arabia at a cost of over 130 million Saudi reels approximately 120 million US dollars. today King Faisal bin Abdulaziz was instrumental in the funding and both the mosque and the road leading to it were named after him after his assassination in 1975. King Faisal bin Abdulaziz's successor King Khalid laid the foundation stone for the mosque in October 1976 and signed the construction agreement in 1978.

Basic information about the mosque can be found written on the foundation stone on June 18 1988 the first prayer was held although the mosque was completed in 1986. The mosque grounds along with being a building for prayer also used to house the international Islamic university some years ago that has since relocated to a new campus in 2000. some traditional and conservative Muslims criticized the design at first for its unconventional design and lack of a traditional dome structure Capacity. Faisal mosque can accommodate about 300 000 worshipers each of the mosque's four minarets is 79 meters and 259 feet high. The tallest minarets in South Asia and measure 10 times 10 meters in circumference architecture.

I tried to capture the spirit proportion and geometry of Kaaba in a purely abstract manner imagining the apex of each of the four minarets has a scaled explosion of the four highest corners of Kaaba thus an unseen Kaaba form is bounded by the minarets at the four corners in the proportion of height to base Chazal Mosque is akin to the holy Kaaba in the designer imagines a device. now if you join the apex of each minaret to the base of the minaret diagonally opposite to it correspondingly. A four-sided pyramid shall be bound by these lines at the base side within that invisible cube. The lower-level pyramid is treated as a solid body while four minarets with their apex complete the imaginary cube of Kaaba.

Veda's delicate alkali further explains the thinking behind the design of the masjid to students of a design school instead of using traditional domes. dalakai designed an eight-sided main hall that looked like an Arab desert tent additionally, he added four minarets on all four corners of the main hall which are 80 meters and 260 feet high the tallest minarets in South Asia.

The main structure of the building is the main prayer hall which is supported by four concrete girders. The four unusual minarets are inspired by Turkish architecture Vedant Dalakai also believed that the design of the masjid represents Kaaba in an abstract manner entrance is from the east where the courtyard fronts the prayer hall with porticos. The International Islamic University was housed under the main courtyard but now has relocated to a new campus the mosque still houses a library lecture hall museum and café. The interior of the main tent-shaped hall is covered in white marble and decorated with mosaics and calligraphy by the famous Pakistani artist Sadaquan and a spectacular Turkish-style chandelier

The mosaic pattern adorns the west wall and has the Kalima written in early Kufic script repeated in mirror image pattern awards and recognition garcon award for architecture was awarded to the architect of this mosque project references in literature the Faisal Musk is described in the book. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. It is frequently referenced in the work of Michael Mohammed Knight who came to the mosque to study Islam as a teenager