MOSQUE FIELD (Masjid Raya)

Mosque Field

Field Mosque or Masjid Al Mashun is a mosque located in Medan, Indonesia. The mosque was built in 1906 and completed in 1909. At the beginning of its establishment, this mosque together with the palace complex. Architectural style typical of the Middle East, India and Spain. The mosque is octagonal and has wings on the south, east, north and west.

 

History of development
Ma'mum Sultan Al Rashid Perkasa Alam as the leader of the Sultanate of Deli began construction of Masjid Al Mashun on August 21, 1906 (1 Rajab 1324 AH). Overall construction completed on 10 September 1909 (25 Sha'ban 1329 AH) used once marked by the implementation of the first Friday prayers at the mosque. Overall construction spending one million guilders. Sultan Mosque was deliberately built this magnificent empire, because according to the principle, it is more important than his own palace splendor, Maimun Palace. Funding the construction of this mosque was borne by the Sultan, but it is said Tjong A Fie, city leaders terrain of the contemporary ethnic Thionghoa Sultan Al Mamun contribute Rasyd fund the construction of this mosque
 

Architecturally
At first Masjid Al Mashun designed by Dutch architect Van Erp, who also designed the palace Maimun, but then it was done by the JA Tingdeman. Van Erp when it was called to the island of Java by the Dutch government to join in the process of restoration of Borobudur temple in Central Java. Some imported building materials such as: marble for decoration imported from Italy, Germany and China and the stained glass from the chandelier directly from France.
 

JA Tingdeman, the architect designing this mosque with symmetrical octagonal floor plan in style buildings mix of Moroccan, European and Malay and the Middle East. Eight square floor plan produces a unique inner chamber unlike most mosques. In the four corners of the mosque each given a veranda with a high vaulted roof black, complementing the main dome on the roof of the main building mosques. Each is equipped with a main entrance porch and stairs linking of the main mosque courtyard with a raised floor, unless the building porches on the side of the mihrab.
 

Building the mosque is divided into the main room, where ablution, entry gates and towers. The main room, a prayer, not the same octagonal sides. On the opposite side is smaller, there is a 'porch' small porch attached to and protrudes out. The windows that surround the porch doors are made of wood with stained glass is very valuable, remnants of art nouveau period 1890-1914, combined with Islamic art. The entire ornamentation in the mosque either on walls, ceilings, pillars and arches surfaces rich with decoration of flowers and plants. in front of each porch stairs there. Then, octagonal earlier, on the outside with four gang appear on all four sides, which surround the main prayer hall.
 

These alleys have a row of leafless windows shaped arches standing on the beam. Both porches and arched windows of the building design was reminiscent of Islamic kingdoms in Spain in the Middle Ages. While the dome of the mosque following the Turkish model, the shape of the broken octagonal. The main dome surrounded by four other domes on top of each home page, with a smaller size. Dome shape reminiscent of the Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh. On the inside of the mosque, there are eight major pillar diameter of 0.60 m tall to support the main dome in the middle. The mihrab is made of marble with a pointed dome roof. Gate mosque square flat roof. While minaret decorated with a blend of Egyptian, Iranian and Arabic.