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The '''Ubudiah Mosque''' ({{langx|ms|Masjid Ubudiah}}) is a small Sunni mosque located in the royal town of Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia.

==History== The mosque is located beside the Royal Mausoleum on Jalan Istana at Bukit Chandan in Kuala Kangsar. The mosque was designed by Arthur Benison Hubback, who was also responsible for the design of the Ipoh railway station and the Kuala Lumpur railway station.

The mosque was built during the reign of the 28th Sultan of Perak Idris Shah I, who commissioned its construction as thanksgiving for his recovery from an illness that plagued him in his later years. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 26 September 1913.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.arkib.gov.my/masjid_ubudiah |title= Masjid Ubudiah|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323043558/http://www.arkib.gov.my/masjid_ubudiah |archivedate=23 March 2012 |work=National Archive}}</ref>

The construction of the mosque was interrupted several times, once when two elephants belonging to the sultan and Raja Chulan fought, ran over and damaged the Italian marble tiles. The outbreak of the First World War in Europe also affected its construction.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7C22s1cDfmgC&pg=PA83 |title=100 Resorts Malaysia: Places with a Heart |author=Dominique Grele |pages=82&ndash;83|isbn=9789710321032 }}</ref>

The mosque was finally completed in late 1917 at a total cost of $24,000 or RM200,000 &ndash; a considerable sum at that time. It was officially declared open by Sultan Abdul Jalil, successor to Sultan Idris who had died during its construction. The mosque is now a symbol of pride for the people of the state of Perak.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wawasan2020.com/pk/interest/ubumosq.html |title=Wawasan 2020 - Place of Interest |access-date=26 April 2011 |archive-date=8 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808233702/http://www.wawasan2020.com/pk/interest/ubumosq.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The mosque was renovated in 2003.<ref name="lonely planet"/>

== Architecture == Its architecture is in the Indo-Saracenic Revival style. It has a central golden dome, and four minarets as well as turrets topped with smaller golden domes. Italian marble was used to add bands of darker colour to the white building.<ref name="lonely planet">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V064DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT350 |title=Lonely Planet Malaysia Singapore & Brunei|publisher= Lonely Planet|isbn=9781760341626 }}</ref> The Makam Al-Ghufran or Perak royal mausoleum is located near the mosque.

== Gallery == <gallery> Ubudiah Mosque, Kuala Kangsar.jpg|The panorama view of the mosque Kuala Kangsar, Masjid Ubaidullah Mosque - panoramio.jpg|The mosque, {{circa|1990s}} Ubudiah Mosque interior dome.jpg|The interior dome of the mosque Ubudiah Mosque at night.jpg|The mosque at night </gallery>

==See also== {{stack|{{portal|Islam|Malaysia}}}} * Islam in Malaysia * List of mosques in Malaysia

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{{Mosques in Malaysia}} {{Malaysian historical architectures and sites}}

Category:1917 establishments in British Malaya Category:20th-century mosques in Asia Category:Kuala Kangsar District Category:Mosque buildings with domes in Malaysia Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in Malaysia Category:Mosques in Perak Category:Mosques completed in 1917