Ubudiah Mosque Perak

UBUDIAH MOSQUE PERAK

In terms of historical background Ubudiah mosque close to Palace of Alexandria, is a mosque vows. It was founded by Sultan Idris to pay vows because he was recovering from his illness. During a break in treatment in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Sultan Idris Murshidul'adzam Shah I (1887-1916) who vowed to build a mosque in Bukit Chandan if his health recovered.After leaving the Kuala Kangsar, he has menitah Colonel Huxley from the Public Works Department, Kuala Lumpur, to design a mosque to be built. Mosque Development Ubudiah starting from the time of Sultan Idris Murshidul Adzam Shah I, the Sultan of Perak to-28.However, construction was delayed when the marble stones purchased from the National Italian was broken trampled by two elephants belonging to him and the King (Sir) Chulan son of Sultan Abdullah. According to a story by suddenly an elephant named his shepherd's heart Chandan and named Foreskin Sa'id was fighting with an elephant belonging to Raja Chulan named boil Ganges and shepherd named Uda Debok.Elephants fight has spread to storage area and consequently marble, marble destroying it. Elephants fight had been going to for hours, until Raja Chulan own future, and ordered him to call on the elephants drivers stopped, then did the elephant stopped fighting, even though many people try dissolving the elephant, but to no avail.Since marble stone has been destroyed, then had to be ordered from the National Italian. But unfortunately, the ordered marble has been slow since the outburst until the First World War in Europe. Marble was brought by South African State. Spending mosque is approximately $ 22,000.00.During the day Friday, September 26, 1913, Sultan Idris Shah I, had laid the foundation stone of the mosque. The mosque was completed and officially opened by Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah Karamatullah (1916-1918.), Sultan of the 29th, in 1917.