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Zahir Masjid
Keywords : Masjid, Mughal-Moorish style, Zahir Masjid, Saiburi
| Site common name | Zahir Masjid |
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| Type of artwork | Architecture |
| Village | - |
| Province/City | Alor Setar |
| State | Kedah |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 6.120136 Long : 100.3654829 |
| History of production | Alor Setar, the capital of Kedah, was called as Saiburi in Thai. After the Siamese rule, Alor Setar was under the British colonization and Masjid Zahir was constructed during this period. |
|---|---|
| Art | Stylistically, Masjid Zahir is the combination between several Islamic schools of architecture. The main dome is of Indian Mughal affiliation being noticeable from the flower on the top of the dome. However, the multi-foils arches and the thin columns are the characters of Moorish influence. The combination of the Mughal and the Moorish influence is the characteristic of Islamic architecture in British colonization period of Malaysian art. |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | British Colonization Period |
| Age | 19th-20th Century A.D. |
| Religion | Islam |
| Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
|---|---|
| Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
| Date of record creation | 2015-02-00 |
| Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |
