A mosque from 1771
Founded with the city.
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Pontianak's oldest mosque, born with the city itself, which was founded in 1771 by Syarif Abdurrahman Alkadrie, of Hadrami Arab descent, the first sultan of Pontianak, who chose the site of the mosque and palace at the meeting of the Kapuas and Landak rivers. The mosque still bears his name and stands on the riverbank. It is built of wood in traditional Malay style, with a tiered roof, many wooden windows and ironwood pillars, and inside an old decorated minbar. Around it lies the old Beting quarter of wooden houses over the water, and many people reach it by small boat across the river. Entry is free. Non-Muslims visit outside prayer times in modest dress. Cross the river by small boat from the opposite bank in minutes, the loveliest way to arrive, then walk to the nearby Kadriah Palace. For Arab visitors there is a special link here to the history of the Hadramis in Southeast Asia.
Founded with the city.
Syarif Abdurrahman Alkadrie.
Malay style.
Kampung Beting, on the Kapuas riverbank, Pontianak
Its founder and sultans were of the Alkadrie family of Hadrami origin; the city still has a community of Arab descent, and its quarters and mosques bear witness to it.
