Located at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak River, Jamek Mosque, officially Sultan Abdul Samad Jamek Mosque, is one of the oldest mosques in Kuala Lumpur. Designed by Arthur Benison Hubback in Indian Muslim Mughal architectural style, it was built in 1909, on the location of an old Malay burial place. It has 3 domes, the largest of which reached 21.3 m in height. One of them collapsed in 1993 due to heavy rain, but has since been repaired. It has also 2 main minarets among other smaller ones; the pattern of pink and white, formed of brick and plaster, has been described as "blood and bandage".
About the stamp
The stamp is part of the series Traditional Livelihoods, about which I wrote here.
References
Jamek Mosque - Wikipedia
Sender: Pumipat
Sent from Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia), on 14.03.2018
No comments:
Post a Comment