Brief History of Masjid Sultan
1824 – Sultan Hussain Shah, Ruler of Temasek, former name of Singapore, proposed to build a mosque. Sir Stamford Raffles promised that the East India Company will donate $3,000 to assist in the building of Sultan Mosque. It was a brick structure with an area sufficient for the Muslim population of that time to do their prayers.
1879 – Sultan Alauddin Shah, grandson
of Sultan Hussain Shah, the ruler of this period handed over the administration to a Board of Trustees consisting of five Muslim leaders.
1914 – The lease of the land where Masjid Sultan was situated was extended by the Straits Settlement Government for a further 999 years. A new Board of Trustees consisting of twelve members were formed.
1924 – The Board of Trustees proposed to rebuild a new building for the mosque on the same site. Construction went through phases so as not to disrupt the prayers in the Mosque. The new building costing $200,000 was completed four years later. The Mosque building with its unique architecture is still the pride of Singapore Muslims today.
1975 – The Masjid Sultan was declared a preserved historical building under the patronage of the Preservation of Monuments Board Act.
1987 – The Government of Singapore approved the application by the Board of Trustees to carry out an extension project for the mosque. The project is to build a three storey annex building on a 1,184 sq. meters land adjoining the mosque. Consequently with the declaration by the government to preserve and conserve the Kampong Glam area as our heritage, the Mosque will invariably undertake a key role.
1993 – The Completion of the project will upgrade the facilities in the mosque and provide the infrastructure for educating the people on Islam as a religion and a way of life.
