List of tallest mosques

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A list of the 25 tallest mosques in the world. The height value gives the height of the tallest element of the mosque (usually a minaret).

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NameCountryCityHeightYear of completionRemarks
1 Djamaa el Djazaïr Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Algiers265 metres2019
2 Hassan II Mosque [1] Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Casablanca210 metres1993
3 Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque [2] Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Shah Alam142.3 metres1988106.7 metres high dome
4 Great Mosque of Mecca [3] Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Mecca139 metres1570
5 Grand Mosalla mosque of Tehran [4] Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Tehran136 metres2006Unfinished as of 2019
6 Al Fateh Grand Mosque Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Manama130.1 metres1988
7 Putra Mosque [5] Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia Putrajaya116 metres1999
8 Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque [6] Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi115 metres2008
9 Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim [7] Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Caracas113 metres1989
10 Al-Masjid an-Nabawi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Medina112 metres1994
11 Al-Nour Mosque [8] Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Cairo111.9 metres
12Grand Mosalla mosque of Isfahan [9] Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Isfahan110 metres2010
13 Çamlıca Republic Mosque [10] Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Istanbul107.1 metres2016
14 The Grand Mosque [11] Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Dubai107 metres2007
15 Sabancı Central Mosque [12] Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Adana99 metres1998
16 Jameh Mosque of Makki [13] Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Zahedan92 metres2010
17 Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque [14] Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Muscat91.3 metres2001
18 Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini [15] Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Tehran91 metres1992
19 Faisal Mosque [16] Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Islamabad90 metres1987
20 Kocatepe Mosque [17] Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Ankara88 metres1987
21Abdülhamid Han MosqueFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Kahramanmaras88 metres
22Maltepe Merkez MosqueFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Istanbul87 metres
23 Mosque of Muhammad Ali [18] Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Cairo84.1 metres1848
24 Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan [19] Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Cairo84 metres1364
25 Selimiye Mosque Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Edirne83 metres1574

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