History
History
Built in 1909 by British architect Arthur Benison Hubback in the Indo-Sarracenic style, Masjid Jamek stands at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak rivers, on the very spot where Kuala Lumpur ("muddy confluence") was founded. It was the city's main mosque until the National Mosque (Masjid Negara) was built in 1965.
Damaged in a Japanese air raid on 26 September 1941, it also saw one of its domes collapse under heavy rain in 1993, since repaired. Renamed in 2017 in honour of Sultan Abdul Samad, it remains an architectural and historic landmark at the heart of the Malaysian capital.
Anecdotes & highlights
- Located at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak rivers, the very spot where Kuala Lumpur ("muddy confluence") was founded.
- It was the city's main mosque until the National Mosque (Masjid Negara) was built in 1965.
- Damaged in a Japanese air raid on 26 September 1941; one of its domes collapsed under heavy rain in 1993, since repaired.
