Minarets

The word ‘minaret’ derives from the Arabic ‘Manara’, meaning ‘lighthouse’ or place of ‘enlightenment; they abruptly rises in a slender and agile manner, cladded in white marble, in harmony with the design elements and the vastness of the mosque. As the mosque is characterized by its six minarets that reflects the Ottoman minaret style that is characterized with a cylindrical body (polygon), which ends with a conical pen – like shape, and is distributed as follows:

• Four at each corner of the main prayer hall (Men’s prayer hall), each reaching 100 m in height with three balconies.
• Two at each corner of the mosques courtyard, each reaching 89 m in height with only two balconies.