List of largest mosques

This article lists mosques from around the world by available capacity, that belong to any Islamic school or branch, that can accommodate at least 15,000 worshippers in all available prayer (salah or namaz) spaces such as prayer halls, courtyards (sahn) and porticoes. All the mosques in this list are also known as Jama Masjids – type of mosque that hosts the Friday prayer (known as Jummah) in congregation. Due to the incomplete nature of this list, mosques are not ranked.

List

Name	Capacity	Area (m^2)	City	Country	Architectural style	Year of first building
Masjid al-Haram Arabic: ٱلمـسـجد الـحـرام‎	4,000,000[1]	356,000[2]	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	Islamic	Pre-622
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi Arabic: المسجد النبوي‎	1,500,000[3]	384,000[4]	Medina	Saudi Arabia	Islamic and Ottoman, Mamluk Revivalist	623
Grand Jamia Mosque Urdu: گرینڈ جامع مسجد، کراچی‎	800,000	200,000 m^2; 2,200,000 sq ft	Karachi	Pakistan	Mughul,Persian and turkish islamic	2021
Imam Ali Mosque Arabic: حرم الإمام علي‎	800,000		Najaf	Iraq	Islamic	900
Imam Reza Shrine Persian: حرم امام رضا‎	700,000[5]	598,657[6]	Mashhad	Iran	Iranian	729
Faisal Mosque Urdu: فیصل مسجد‎	300,000[7]	130,000[8]	Islamabad	Pakistan	Contemporary or Modern Islamic, Ottoman	1986
Istiqlal Mosque Indonesian: Masjid Istiqlal	200,000[9]		Jakarta	Indonesia	International Style	1978
Taj-ul-Masajid Urdu: تاج المساجد‎ Hindi: ताज-उल-मसाजिद	175,000[10]	23,000[11]	Bhopal	India	Mughal	1901
Jamkaran Mosque Persian: مسجد جمکران‎	150,000		Qom	Iran	Iranian	984
Djamaa el Djazaïr Arabic: جامع الجزائر‎	120,000[12]	200,000[12]	Algiers	Algeria	Contemporary Islamic	2019
Hassan II Mosque Arabic: مسجد الحسن الثاني‎ French: Mosquée Hassan-II	105,000[13]		Casablanca	Morocco	Moorish, Moroccan	1993
Badshahi Mosque Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد‎	100,000[14]		Lahore	Pakistan	Mughal	1673
Grand Jamia Mosque, Lahore Urdu: گرینڈ جامع مسجد‎	70,000[15]		Lahore	Pakistan	Islamic, Mughal	2014
Çamlıca Mosque Turkish: Çamlıca Camii	63,000[16]		Istanbul	Turkey	Late Classical Ottoman	2013
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque Filipino: Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid	60,000[17]		Cotabato City	Philippines	Islamic	2011
Jameh Mosque of Makki Persian: مسجد جامع مکی‎ Balochi: مکّی مَسِیت‎	60,000[18]	33,000[19]	Zahedan	Iran	Ottoman	1971
Al-Akbar Mosque Indonesian: Masjid Al-Akbar Javanese: ꦩꦼꦱ꧀ꦗꦶꦢ꧀ꦄꦭ꧀ꦄꦏ꧀ꦧꦂ	59,000[20]		Surabaya	Indonesia	Indonesian Islamic	2000
Baitul Jannat Jame Mosque	50,000[21]	50,000	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Modern	2020
Al-Markaz Al-Islami Mosque Indonesian: Masjid Al-Markaz Al-Islami Buginese: ᨆᨔᨗᨁᨗ ᨕᨒᨛᨆᨑᨛᨀ ᨕᨒᨗᨔᨛᨒᨆᨗ	50,000[22]		Makassar	Indonesia	Buginese, Makassarese, Italian	1996
An-Nur Great Mosque Indonesian: Masjid Agung An-Nur Jawi: مسجد أݢوڠ النور	45,000		Pekanbaru	Indonesia	Malay, Islamic, Ottoman	2000
Sheikh Zayed Mosque Arabic: جامع الشيخ زايد الكبير‎	41,000[23]	22,412[23]	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Persian, Mughal, Moorish	2007
Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Bengali: বায়তুল মোকাররম Arabic: بيت المكرّم‎	40,000[24]		Dhaka	Bangladesh	Islamic	1960
Samarinda Islamic Center Mosque Indonesian: Masjid Islamic Centre Samarinda	40,000[17]	43,500[17]	Samarinda	Indonesia	Ottoman, Greek Revival
Jamia Masjid[25] Urdu: جامع مسجد سرینگر‎	33,333[26]		Jammu and Kashmir	India	Mughal	1400
1st November of 1954 Great Mosque Arabic: المسجد الكبير 1 نوفمبر 1954‎	30,000[27]	42,000[27]	Batna	Algeria	Contemporary Islamic	2003
Baiturrahman Grand Mosque Indonesian: Masjid Raya Baiturrahman Acehnese: Meuseujid Raya Baiturrahman	30,000[17]		Banda Aceh	Indonesia	Indo-Saracenic Revival, Mughal, Moorish	1881
Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque Arabic: مسجد محمد بن عبد الوهاب‎	30,000[28]		Doha	Qatar	Islamic	2010
Sabancı Central Mosque Turkish: Sabancı Merkez Camii	28,500[29]		Adana	Turkey	New Ottoman	1998
Al Saleh Mosque Arabic: جامع الصالح‎	44,000[30]	27,300[30]	Sana'a	Yemen	Islamic	2008
CMH Masjid Jhelum	25,000[31]		Jhelum Cantt	Pakistan	Mughal	1950[31]
Jama Masjid Urdu: جامع مسجد‎ Hindi: जामा मस्जिद	25,000[32]		Central Delhi	India	Mughal	1656
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque Malay: Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Jawi: مسجد سلطان صلاحُ الدين عبدُ العزيز Chinese: 苏丹沙拉胡汀阿都阿兹沙回教堂 Tamil: சுல்தான் சலாஹுதின் அப்துல் அஸீஸ் மசூதி	24,000[10]		Shah Alam	Malaysia	Malay, Modern	1988
Masjid Al-Dahab Filipino: Moskeng Ginto	22,000[33]		Manila	Philippines	Maranao, Maguindanao, Tausug	1976
Al-Azhar Mosque Arabic: جامع الْأزهـر‎	20,000[34]		Cairo	Egypt	Fatimid	972
Aqsa Mosque, Rabwah Urdu: مسجد اقصیٰ، ربوہ‎	20,000		Rabwah	Pakistan	Mughal architecture	1972
Dian Al-Mahri Mosque Indonesian: Masjid Dian Al-Mahri Sundanese: ᮙᮞ᮪ᮏᮤᮓ᮪ ᮃᮜ᮪-ᮙᮂᮛᮤ	20,000[35]		Depok	Indonesia	Iranian, Mughal	2006
Grand Mosque of Conakry French: Grande Mosquée de Conakry	20,000[34]		Conakry	Guinea	Sudano-Sahelian	1982
Grand Mosque of West Sumatra Indonesian: Masjid Raya Sumatera Barat Minangkabau: Musajik Rayo Sumatera Barat Jawi: موساجيك رايو سومترا بارايق	20,000[36]		Padang	Indonesia	Minangkabau	2014
Id Kah Mosque Chinese: 艾提尕尔清真寺 Uighur: ھېيتگاھ مەسچىتى	20,000[37]		Kashgar	China	Chinese	1442
Shah Jahan Mosque Urdu: شاہ جہاں مسجد‬‎	20,000[38]		Thatta	Pakistan	Mughal, Safavid, Timurid	1659
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque Arabic: جامع السلطان قابوس الأكبر‎	20,000[39]	416,000[40]	Muscat	Oman	Contemporary Islamic	2001
Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque Malay: Masjid Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Jawi: مسجد توانكو ميزن زاينل عابدين Chinese: 端姑米占再納阿比丁清真寺 Tamil: டுங்கு மஸான் ஜைனல் அபிடின் மசூதி	20,000[41]		Putrajaya	Malaysia	Modern	2009
Hagia Sophia Turkish: Ayasofya Camii	18,000[42]		Istanbul	Turkey	Byzantine	537
Al-Fattah Al-Aleem Mosque Arabic: مَسجِد الفَتّاح العَليم‎‎	17,000[43]		New Administrative Capital	Egypt	Islamic, Fatimid	2019
Federal Territory Mosque Malay: Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan Jawi: مسجد ولايه ڤرسكوتوان Chinese: 联邦疆土清真寺 Tamil: பெடரல் மண்டலம் மசூதி	17,000[44]		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Ottoman, Malay	2000
Grand Mosque of Makhachkala Russian: Джума мечеть Махачкалы	17,000[45]		Makhachkala	Russia	Late Classical Ottoman	1998
KH Hasyim Asy'ari Grand Mosque Indonesian: Masjid Raya KH Hasyim Asy'ari	16,000[46]		Jakarta	Indonesia	Betawi, Indonesian Islamic	2013
201 Dome Mosque	15,000		Tangail	Bangladesh	Islamic	2019
Emir Abdelkader Mosque Arabic: مسجد الْأميـر عبد القادر‎	15,000[34]		Constantine	Algeria	Islamic	1994
Kocatepe Mosque Turkish: Kocatepe Camii	15,000[47]		Ankara	Turkey	Modern, Neo Classical Ottoman	1987
Great Mosque of Central Java Indonesian: Masjid Agung Jawa Tengah Javanese: ꦩꦼꦱ꧀ꦗꦶꦢ꧀ꦲꦒꦸꦁꦠꦼꦔꦃ	15,000[48]	100,000[48]	Semarang	Indonesia	Javanese, Greek Revival	2006
Great Mosque of Palembang Indonesian: Masjid Agung Palembang Jawi: مسجد أݢوڠ ڤلامبڠ	15,000[49]		Palembang	Indonesia	Malay, Chinese, Palladian	1738
Grand Mosque of Sabilal Muhtadin Indonesian: Masjid Raya Sabilal Muhtadin Banjar: Masigit Raya Sabilal Muhtadin Jawi: مسيڬيت رايا سبيلَ المهتدين	15,000[50]		Banjarmasin	Indonesia	Banjarese, Neoclassical	1979
National Mosque of Malaysia Malay: Masjid Negara Malaysia Jawi: مسجد نݢارا مليسيا Chinese: 马来西亚国家清真寺 Tamil: மலேசியாவின் தேசிய மசூதி	15,000[51]		Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Modern	1965
Putra Mosque Malay: Masjid Putra Jawi: مسجد ڤوترا Chinese: 布特拉清真寺 Tamil: புத்ரா மசூதி	15,000[52]		Putrajaya	Malaysia	Modern, Mamluk, Moorish	1997
Imam Husayn Shrine Arabic: مَقـام الإمـام الـحـسـيـن ابـن عـلي‎	[data unknown/missing]	8,597[53]	Karbala	Iraq	Islamic	680

See also

• Islamic architecture
• Holiest sites in Islam
• Lists of mosques
  • Jama Masjid
  • List of mosques
  • List of the oldest mosques

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