Sultan Sulaiman Mosque


Sultan Sulaiman Mosque is Selangor's royal mosque, which is located in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. It was constructed by the British in the early 1932 and was officially opened in 1934 by the late Almarhum Sultan Sir Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah and the British's Federated Malay States High Commissioner, Sir Lawrence Nuuns Guillemard.
The mosque's architecture is a combination of Western Art Deco and Neoclassical cathedral styles. It was designed by the British architect Leofric Kesteven. Design credits go to the architect, Leofric Kesteven ; John Thomas Chester, the reinforced concrete specialist attached to United Engineers Ltd; and Rodolfo Nolli, the Singapore-based Italian sculptor who worked on the ornaments of the building.
Its interesting features include the Tangga Diraja from Istana Alam Shah and a royal mausoleum. The late Sultan Salahuddin was buried in the mosque's grounds.

Architecture

The design concept of the Sultan Sulaiman Mosque in Klang is quite different from other mosques in the state, as well as in the rest of Malaysia. Sultan Sulaiman Mosque is notable as it exhibits a combination of influences of Islamic architecture, Moorish, Neoclassical, English and most importantly, Art Deco architecture.
The semicircular-shaped dome of the mosque is painted in egg yellow, not gold. The large dome of the main prayer space is surrounded by several smaller domes.
There are eight smaller towers around the mosque and a large tower in the middle, with a higher entrance from the main porch. The tower is also decorated with yellow dome at the summit. The mosque was designed by Leofric Kesteven, and it can accommodate about 1,000 pilgrims at a time.
The present mosque has been through a number of processes and internal modifications; the most recent restoration was completed in 2017, which restored its colourful bas-reliefs. The original design was like a cross bar when viewed from above, as is so often used in church plans in Europe. But now the mosque looks like a square customisation of the Selangor Islamic Religious Department.
The main prayer room Sultan Sulaiman Mosque is octagonal at the bottom, but it slowly smoothens into a circle at a height of 10 meters. The upper floors can be accessed with 'catladder'. There are decorative iron frames under the dome that support the multi-coloured patterned glass.

History

The Sultan Sulaiman Mosque was completed in 1932 and was officiated in 1934 by Sultan Sulaiman Alaeddin Shah, the then-Sultan of Selangor. During its opening, the mosque was reportedly the largest mosque in the then-Federated Malay States.
Sultan Sulaiman Mosque served as Selangor's state mosque until the completion of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque in Shah Alam in 1988. The Sultan Sulaiman Mosque remained as the royal mosque.
Between March 2015 and October 2017, the mosque was closed to the public for restoration works, which cost 12 million ringgit.

Royal Mausoleum

List of graves

This is a list of Sultans and members of the royal family who have been laid to rest in the mosque.

Sultan graves

Seranas Group bus route 702 from KTM Klang via Jalan Kota Raja.