Tranquerah Mosque
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{{script|Arab|مسجد تڠكيرا}}
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File:Tranquerah Mosque - Prayer Hall.JPG
Tranquerah Mosque ({{langx|ms|Masjid Tengkera}}) is a mosque in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia.{{cite web|title=Discover Malaysia: Your Muslim-friendly Destination|url=http://itc.gov.my/mosque/masjid-tengkera-tranquerah-mosque/|website=ITC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102061209/http://itc.gov.my/mosque/masjid-tengkera-tranquerah-mosque/|archive-date=2 November 2014|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/300391|title = "Melaka's Former State Mosque: Masjid Tengkera (Tranquerah Mosque)", in Link 1 (Jun 2005): 2-4|last1 = Tajudeen|first1 = Imran bin}} It was built in 1728 and located next to tomb of Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor and used to be the state mosque of Malacca before the establishment of Al Azim Mosque in 1990.
The original mosque structure was made entirely of timber bought from Kalimantan, Dutch East India Company. It had since undergone several renovations and restorations. The mosque consists of Javanese culture components. It features triple-tiered pyramidal roof and a square base. It is one of the few mosque in Malaysia which has a pagoda in place of a minaret.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/jom/2017/06/244835/go-melaka-mosques|title=Go: Melaka mosques|last=Leong|first=Ewe Paik|date=2017-06-01|website=NST Online|language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}} The interior is a mixture of Malay, Chinese and Indonesian elements.
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Category:Mosques completed in the 1720s
Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1728
Category:1728 establishments in Asia
Category:1728 establishments in the Dutch Empire
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