5/5 Muhammad Farhan Sohail M. 5 years ago on Google
King
Saud
masjid
is
largest
masjid
in
Jeddah.
It
is
named
after
2nd
King
of
Saudi
Arabia
and
the
eldest
son
of
King
Abdul
Aziz.
The
mosque
itself
is
rectangular,
almost
square,
with
a
rectangular
court
built
somewhat
offset
to
the
west.
Four
iwans
open
to
the
central
court.
The
iwans
are
not
emphasized
as
individual
structures
as
in
the
Persian
examples
but
are
mere
openings
in
a
large
screen
wall.
The
north
and
south
iwans
are
each
set
in
front
of
a
domed
hall
that
separate
four
pillared
halls
to
the
east
and
west.
The
west
halls
are
divided
by
two
pillars
each
into
three
naves
with
to
bays.
The
larger
east
halls
have
three
naves
with
five
bays
and
eight
pillars
each.
The
east
iwan
is
the
largest
and
connects
the
court
to
the
largest
domed
hall
that
rises
between
the
longer
pillared
halls
in
front
of
the qibla wall.
Irregularly
shaped
rooms
fill
the
triangular
spaces
between
the
actual
mosque
and
the
outside
facade
on
the
north,
south
and
east
wall
because
the
mosque
is
built
at
an
angle
to
the
street
grid
so
that
the
qibla
wall
may
point
to Makkah.
The
west
facade
opens
to
the
Medinah
Road
with
a
large
cubic
structure
added
to
the
northern
end.
The
minaret
of
the
mosque
towers
over
the
south
west
corner
of
this
structure
that
has
a
large
iwan
opening
to
the
south
leading
into
a
domed
hall
that
connects
to
a
corridor
that
runs
along
the
west
wall
of
the
mosque.
This
large
Iwan
with
the
minaret
on
the
left
and
the
mosque
connecting
at
a
right
angle
to
the
right,
both
accessible
by
a
flight
of
steps,
form
an
iconic
group
that
easily
catches
the
eye
when
looking
north
along
the
Medinah
road.
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