Masque baiturahman

. IndonesiaThis statement was announced after a consultation with heads of state around Banda Aceh City. Where it is concluded that the influence of the mosque is very big for the people of Aceh who are 100% Muslim. The promise was made by General Mayor General Karel Van Der Heijden as the Aceh military governor at that time and on Thursday 13 Syawal 1296 H / 9 October 1879 AD, placed on the first stone represented by Tengku Qadhi Malikul Adil.
This Baiturrahman Grand Mosque was rebuilt in 1299 H with only one dome. In 1935 AD, the Great Mosque of Baiturrahman expanded the right and left with the addition of two domes. This expansion is undertaken by the Bureau of Public Works (B.O.W) at the cost of F. 35,000, - (thirty five thousand guilders) with the project manager Ir. M. Thahir and completed by the end of 1936 AD
The expansion effort was continued by a joint committee of the Kutaraja Great Mosque Expansion Committee. By a ministerial decree dated 31 October 1975 it was also agreed that its second expansion and implementation be submitted to NV's contractors. Zein from Jakarta. This expansion has two more domes and two north and south towers. With this second expansion the Baiturrahman Great Mosque has five domes and finished hiring in 1967 AD
The people of Aceh gather in the courtyard of Baiturrahman Great Mosque
In order to welcome the QII National XII Musabaqah Tilawatil Qur'an from 7 to 14 June 1981 in Banda Aceh, the Baiturrahman Great Mosque was transformed with equipment, mounting clinkers on the streets of his yard. Repair and addition of ablution site of porcelain and installation of door crackers, chandeliers, calligraphy of Qur'anic verses of brass, dome parts and fountain installation inside the front yard pool.
In 1991-1993, the Great Mosque of Baiturrahman carried out a re-extension sponsored by Governor Dr. Ibrahim Hasan, covering the front and back pages and the mosque itself. The expanded part of the mosque, which includes the floor of the mosque where prayer, library, living room, office space, hall and ablution place. While the page extension includes, park and parking lot and one main tower and two minarets. So that the space in the mosque into 4,760 m2 Italian-made marble floor, the type with the size of 60 × 120 cm and can accommodate 9,000 worshipers.
Baiturrahman Great Mosque now.
With the expansion, the Baiturrahman Great Mosque now has 7 domes, 4 towers, and 1 master tower. From time to time this mosque has grown rapidly both in terms of architecture and community activities. In accordance with the development, the area of ​​Great Mosque Baiturrahman ± 4 Ha.