Four minarets, two domes
Traditional Islamic style since 1994.
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The official mosque of the state of Pahang and Kuantan's leading landmark, in the heart of the city near its river. It is named after Sultan Ahmad al-Mu'azzam Shah, founder of Pahang's present royal house, who died in 1914. The mosque has a curious story: the first one, opened in 1964, was a strikingly modern building with a huge fifty-metre dome and a rocket-like minaret, but its faulty design meant it leaked in heavy rain, and it was demolished in 1992. The present mosque rose in its place in a traditional Islamic style, with a large dome, a smaller one and four minarets, and reopened in October 1994 in the presence of Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Subayyil, a former imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Entry is free; the mosque is open for daily and Friday prayers, and non-Muslims visit outside prayer times in modest dress. It is a spacious, comfortable mosque where visitors to Kuantan usually pray. It is a few steps from the Kuantan riverbank and its promenade, so pair it with a river walk at sunset, when the domes and minarets are lit.
Traditional Islamic style since 1994.
Reopened with a former Grand Mosque imam present.
The domes lit at sunset.
Jalan Mahkota, central Kuantan near the river
It was a modern building with a huge dome and rocket-like minaret opened in 1964, but a design fault made it leak in the rain, so it was demolished in 1992 and the present mosque built in its place.