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{{Short description|Mosque in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia}}
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'''Sabah State Mosque''' ({{langx|ms|Masjid Negeri Sabah}}) is the state mosque of [[Sabah]], located at Sembulan roundabout between [[Jalan Mat Salleh]] and [[Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kota Kinabalu|Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman]] in  [[Kota Kinabalu, Sabah]], Malaysia.

==History==
Construction began in 1970 and was completed in 1975.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} The architectural design was by Arkitek Jurubina Bertiga, led by Dato Baharuddin Abu Kassim.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nawawi |first1=Ar. Norwina Mohd |last2=Majid |first2=Noor Hanita Abdul |last3=Kassim |first3=Puteri Shireen Jahn |last4=Othman |first4=Rosniza |last5=Sharif |first5=Harlina Mohd |title=ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW ON THE CONTEMPORARY MOSQUE ARCHITECTURE OF MALAYSIA: WHERE ARE WE HEADING? |journal=The International Symposium of the New Quests for the Mosque Architecture in the Contemporary Era |date=January 2016 |url=https://www.academia.edu/download/100744414/Paper_Malaysian_Masjid_Design_Evolution..pdf |access-date=16 February 2024}}</ref> The mosque was officially opened on 28 June 1977 by the sixth [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]], [[Yahya Petra of Kelantan|Sultan Yahya Petra]] of [[Kelantan]].{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

==Sabah State Mausoleum==
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The Sabah State Mausoleum is situated near the mosque. [[Tun Fuad Stephens]], Chief Minister of Sabah (1976) who died in the [[Double Six Tragedy]] plane crash on 6 June 1976, became the first person laid to rest at this mausoleum.

===Notable burials===
* [[Fuad Stephens|Tun Fuad Stephens (Donald Stephens)]] &ndash; Sabah state [[Yang di-Pertua Negeri]] (Governor) (1973–1975) and Chief Ministers of Sabah (1963–1964, 1973–1976) ''(died 1976)''
* [[Mohd Hamdan Abdullah|Tun Mohd Hamdan Abdullah]] &ndash; Sabah state [[Yang di-Pertua Negeri]] (Governor) (1975–1977) ''(died 1977)''
* [[Pengiran Ahmad Raffae|Tun Pengiran Ahmad Raffae]] &ndash; Sabah state [[Yang di-Pertua Negeri]] (Governor) (1965–1973) ''(died 1995)''
* [[Mohammad Said Keruak|Tun Mohammad Said Keruak]] &ndash; Sabah state [[Yang di-Pertua Negeri]] (Governor) (1987–1994) ''(died 1995)''
* [[Mohamad Adnan Robert|Tun Mohamad Adnan Robert]] &ndash; Sabah state [[Yang di-Pertua Negeri]] (Governor) (1979–1987) ''(died 2003)''
* [[Sakaran Dandai|Tun Sakaran Dandai]] &ndash; Sabah state [[Yang di-Pertua Negeri]] (Governor) (1995–2002) ''(died 2021)''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Street view of Sabah State Mosque.jpg|Street view of Sabah State Mosque
Image:Close up view of Sabah State Mosque.jpg|Close up view of Sabah State Mosque
Image:Dome of Sabah State Mosque.jpg|Dome of Sabah State Mosque
Image:Minaret of Sabah State Mosque.jpg|Minaret of Sabah State Mosque
Image:Inside of Sabah State Mosque.jpg|Inside of Sabah State Mosque
Image:Inside roof of Sabah State Mosque.jpg|Inside roof of Sabah State Mosque
Image:Inside floor of Sabah State Mosque.jpg|Inside floor of Sabah State Mosque]
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Islam in Malaysia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Sabah State Mosque}}
* {{official website|http://www.sabah.org.my/mns/}}

{{Buildings in Kota Kinabalu metropolitan}}
{{Buildings and structures in Sabah}}
{{Mosques in Malaysia}}

[[Category:Sabah State Mosque| ]]
[[Category:1977 establishments in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Mosques in Sabah]]
[[Category:Mausoleums in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Mosques completed in 1975]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Sunni mosques in Malaysia]]


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