DUSHANBE CENTRAL MOSQUE IMAM A’ZAM

As an honor to the founder and leader of the tolerant Hanafi teachings of Abu Hanifa Numon ibn Sobit, and dedicated to the celebration of his 1310th anniversary on October 5, 2009, a stone was laid in the foundation for the construction of this largest mosque in the Republic of Tajikistan

The mosque was built on 12 hectares of which the building of the mosque is located on 3 hectares and has 3 large entrances.

 The mosque can accommodate 133,000 worshipers simultaneously, of which 43,000 worshipers – inside the mosque and the rest – around it.

The total area of the first floor of the building is 18,444 square meters.

The interior of the halls is covered with 14,000 square meters of domestically produced carpet, and a mihrab is located in the south-west part of the large prayer hall.

The mosque consists of 4 minarets with a height of 74 meters, two small decorative minarets with a height of 21 meters, a large beautiful ornate dome with a height of 43 meters and 17 small domes with a height of 35 meters.

There are 6 spacious classrooms, a hall for receiving guests and holding meetings, 2 libraries, 9 office rooms, 3 hotels and technical rooms inside the mosque.

The exterior of the building is 62,393 square meters, and the area of 33,963 square meters is decorated with white marble.

Landscaping works have been carried out around the facility on a distance of 92,000 square meters, and a parking lot for 500 vehicles has been built on both sides of the entrance.

6,630 cubic meters of tile and 2,800 cubic meters of black marble were used to decorate the mosque.

The courtyard inside the building with a fountain is 4,800 square meters, which can accommodate 8,000 worshipers at the same time.

In total, the mosque has 178 doors, 40 of which are made of walnut wood.