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Perak State Mosque, Ipoh
This photograph shows a very early picture of the Perak State Mosque which was named after Sultan Idris Shah II (1963-1984) in September 1978 in conjunction which his 54th birthday. The Mosque is sited on an area of 2.6 hectares in Ipoh Old Town, opposite the Railway Station and Police Station. Preliminary building works began in 1966 and in October 1967, the foundation stone was laid by then Deputy Prime Minister, the late Tun Haji Abdul Razak. The Mosque was completed in August 1968 and was officially declared open by the late Sultan Idris Shah II on 15 November 1968. Said to be an architectural masterpiece, the State Mosque has a 38m high minaret. Thousands of mosaic tiles adorn the domes.
Construction of the mosque began in 1966, following the design prepared by State Architect Abdullah Bakri bin Abdul Wahab. Abdullah Bakri was trained in Birmingham. Aside from the State Mosque, perhaps the most prominent of his endeavours in Ipoh was the State Secretariat building. Before construction began, this site once housed Dato Panglima Kinta Mohammed Yusoff's residence; which was later converted into a courthouse and later homed several government offices. The office complex was torn down before the mosque was built. In the original design, the mosque and the Emergency Memorial Park and Fountain were said to be complementary; and a parking area was to be provided under the prayer hall. However, this Park and Fountain later made way for the car park.
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