Indian and Mogul influences on mosques
The Ubudiah Mosque in Kuala Kangsar, Perak, is regarded by many as Malaysia's quintessential Islamic landmark. Built by the British in 1913, its design ideas were drawn from 16th-century Mogul architecture in India.
As a result of the active promotion by the British administrators of trade between their colonies, India and the Malay Peninsula, most states had a growing Indian population, many of whom were affluent Indian Muslim traders. Their presence, coupled with the deployment of British architects from India, had a profound effect on mosque architecture in 19th-century Malaysia. Both groups introduced the building of mosques in masonry.
- Information in the full article includes
- The Indian Muslim communities
- The British legacy
- Local interpretations