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One of the largest financiers was Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, principal founder and former head of state of the U.A.E., whom the mosque was named after. In 2010, according to deputy chairman Abdallah Salah, many are sent to the mosque by the Prison and Probation Service and the Public Employment Service. [2]
The mosque's architect Yusef Abdelki took inspiration from a number of sources: the Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque in Alexandria, designed by Mario Rossi in the 1920s; [9] the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan; [10] and other references of Persian, Mughal, and Indo-Islamic architecture. The dome layout and floorplan of the mosque was inspired ...
Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa (1840–1909) at the Sheikh Zayed Palace Museum. The museum is based in the palace of the former UAE President, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918–2004), and his family. [3] It was originally built in 1937 on the western side of the Al Ain Oasis, the largest oasis in Al Ain. Sheikh Zayed lived here ...
Sheikh Zayed Mosque may refer to any of the following mosques, being named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the first and founding President of the U.A.E.: Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, the U.A.E. Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Fujairah, the U.A.E. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Solo, Indonesia; Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Mosque in ...
Zayed was the youngest of four sons of Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan. [2] [3] His father was the ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1922 until his death in 1926. Zayed was the youngest of his four brothers. [2] His eldest brother, Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, became ruler of Abu Dhabi after their uncle, Saqr bin Zayed Al Nahyan. His mother ...