1. The Establishment History

The mosque was established in 18^th century around 1762 A.D., in the period of Sultan Abdul Jalil Alamuddin Syah (Sultan IV), and Sultan Muhammad Ali Abdul Jalil Muazzam Syah (Sultan V) of Siak kingdom.

This mosque establishment could not be separated from the historical development of Siak Kingdom that followed a system named “tali berpilin tiga.” The intension was there are three main elements in the kingdom that must always be guarded, i.e. king, customary, and religion. Therefore, in the centre of kingdom it will be always found three buildings as the symbols of those three elements, i.e. palace as a symbol of raja presence,   Balai Kerapatan as the customary symbol, and mosque as the symbol of religion. If the kingdom centre was moved, raja would establish these new elements.

The establishment of Senapelan mosque –or is familiar with the great mosque of Pekanbaru- was done in compliance to the moving of capital of Siak Kingdom from Mempura Besar to Senapelan Hill (now is called as Kampung Bukit) in the period of Sultan Alamuddin. At the mean time, Sultan Abdul Jalil Alamuddin Syah gave this mosque name as Mosque Alam. The name was taken from the youth name of Sultan Alamuddin: Raja Alam.

When it was finished, an escaladed ceremony was held altogether with the Friday ritual prayer.  The religious leader and first preacher was Sayyid Osman Syahabuddin, great ulema of Siak who was also the son-in-law of sultan.

In its development, this mosque had chenge its name several times. In the early that this mosque name was Mosque Alam, then mosque of Nur Alam, and in recent time was called as great Mosque of Pekanbaru.

In the mosque area there is a well that has supertitious value. Thus, many foreign visitors is always visited by foreigners particularly from Malaysia. They take a bath use the water pay intention and vow they planed before.

2. Location

This mosque lays in the subdistrict of Senapelan, Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia.

3. Wide

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4. Architecture

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5. Draftsman

This mosque was established in the period of Sayyid Osman, the son-in-law of the sultan himself.

6. Renovation

This mosque was renovated in 1775 A.D. Recently, the founder, Sultan Alamuddin was still alive. Renovation was done as because the mosque was not enough able to accommodate the countinuous increasing number of community hand in hand with the more and more of town Senapelan. According to local source, in the expansion of mosque, all four pillars were provided by Datuk Empat Suku (Datuk Pemegang Adat, the customary law leader), while the old pillar was provided by oleh Sayyid Osman, ulema who made this mosque as centre of preaching. The cupola was provided by sultan, while building working was done by all people in the society. The renovation way was done collectively as the collaboration symbol of raja (the authority holder), Datuk Empat Suku (the customary leader), ulema (religious leader) and people (the main weapon of country, sokopusaka negeri).

In the period of Sultan Syarif Ali Jalil Syaifuddin (1784-1810 A.D.), the mosque was re-renovated by giving open veranda as the rest place for visitors.

In 1940 A.D., the front gate was built faced to east side. 

Source:

Masjid-masjid Bersejarah di Indonesia. Zein, Abdul Baqir. 1999. Jakarta: Gema Insani Press

Credit photo : Balai Kajian dan Pengembangan Budaya Melayu

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