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Shortly after he arrived in Singapore in January 1819, Sir
Stamford Raffles purchased the right to erect a trading post from the
two local authorities, the Temenggong (a Malay title meaning “security
authority”) Abdul Rahman and Prince Hussein. Raffles’ employer,
the British East India Company, saw to it that Hussein was made Sultan
of Johore. In the ensuing years, Sultan Hussein and his family and court
moved from the Riau Islands to Singapore. Five years after Raffles’
landing, the population had grown from 150 to more than 10,000.
From 1824 to 1826, the Sultan had a mosque built
beside his palace in the Kampong Glam quarter. In 1924, on the occasion
of the 100th anniversary of the mosque’s founding, it was resolved
to rebuild it; plans by architect Denis Santry (of the Swan and McLaren
company) were realized by 1926. In 1993, an additional building was
added. The Masjid Sultan was declared a national monument in 1975.
Address:
Masjid Sultan
3 Muscat Street
Kampong Glam
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