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Jamek Mosque in Kuala Lumpur

Title

Year/Period

c. 1910

Region

Kuala Lumpur

Dimension

Image size: L14.1cm X W9.1cm

Accession No.

1991-00466

Collection of

National Museum of Singapore

Built at the junction of the Gombak and Klang rivers in 1909, Jamek Mosque was part of the transformation that Kuala Lumpur underwent when the city became the capital of the Federated Malay States in 1896. Jamek Mosque was one of the several buildings whose architectural style was based on Islamic lines, which included government buildings, the General Post Office and the Railway Station.