It is the fifth-biggest mosque on the planet and the biggest inside South Asia, situated on the lower regions of Margalla Slopes in Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad. It is named after the late Lord Faisal of Saudi Arabia. The mosque includes a contemporary plan comprising of eight sides of substantial shell and is roused by the plan of a normal
A significant vacation spot in Pakistan, the mosque is a contemporary and powerful piece of Islamic engineering Development of the mosque started in 1976 after a $28 million award from Saudi Ruler Faisal, whose name the mosque bears.The unpredictable plan by Turkish draftsman Vedat Dalokay was chosen after a worldwide competition.Without an ordinary vault, the mosque is formed like a Bedouin tent, encompassed by four 260 feet (79 m) tall minarets. The plan highlights eight-sided shell molded slanting rooftops shaping a three-sided love lobby which can hold 10,000 worshippers.Combined the construction covers an area of 33 sections of land (130,000 m2; 1,400,000 sq ft), the mosque overwhelms the scene of Islamabad.It is arranged at the north finish of Faisal Road, putting it at the northernmost finish of the city and at the foot of Margalla Slopes, the westernmost lower regions of the Himalayas. It is situated on a raised area of land against a pleasant background of the public park. Faisal Mosque was the biggest mosque on the planet from 1986 until 1993 when it was overwhelmed by the mosques in Saudi Arabia. Faisal Mosque is currently the 6th biggest mosque on the planet with regards to limit
