| Tranquerah
Mosque (1748 onwards)
other
sites in Melaka |
Melaka, Malaysia |
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The Tranquerah Mosque is a Sumatran-style building with a three-tiered wooden roof. It is one of the few mosques with a pagoda instead of a minaret. Alongside it is the tomb of Sultan Hussain Shah, the ruler of the territories of Johore and Singapore in the early 19th century. Sultan Hussain Shah is famous (or perhaps infamous) for agreeing to sell Singapore to Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819.
Bibliography:
All images copyright 2002 Tim Ciccone
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