Mahomedam Mosque of Kowloon
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Title
Mahomedam Mosque of Kowloon
Subject
KN: Tsim Sha Tsui - 1st generation of Kowloon Mosque
Description
The Muslim garrison were the pioneers in arranging a place for “Salat” (worship) while stationing in Kowloon Peninsula, for they requested their superior commanders for a site large enough to hold gatherings of several hundred worshippers especially for the “Eid” and “Juma” prayers, and that request was granted to them with a temporary site allotted inside the Whitfield Army Barracks between Austin Road and Nathan Road.
The first Mosque in the Kowloon Peninsula was built on Nathan Road, Kowloon on a 16,000 sq. ft. (approximately 1,500 sq. m) plot of land in 1896 by the Muslim garrisons of Hong Kong Regiment of the British Army with assistance from their respective commanders for the “- Mohammedans of Upper India -” who had arrived in Hong Kong on May 7, 1892 to serve in the Regiment and were accommodated in nearby Whitfield Barracks.
Its foundation stone had the following inscription: — “The Hong Kong Regiment built this Mosque in 1896 under the kind supervision of Col. E. G. Barrow and repaired and repainted by the help and permission of Major Berger in 1902.”
The foundation stone also states that the builder of the Masjid was Mir Asadullah and it was built with the money of the Muslim soldiers. Its Imam was Maulvi Gulab Shah and its renovation was completed on January 22, 1902.
The first Mosque in the Kowloon Peninsula was built on Nathan Road, Kowloon on a 16,000 sq. ft. (approximately 1,500 sq. m) plot of land in 1896 by the Muslim garrisons of Hong Kong Regiment of the British Army with assistance from their respective commanders for the “- Mohammedans of Upper India -” who had arrived in Hong Kong on May 7, 1892 to serve in the Regiment and were accommodated in nearby Whitfield Barracks.
Its foundation stone had the following inscription: — “The Hong Kong Regiment built this Mosque in 1896 under the kind supervision of Col. E. G. Barrow and repaired and repainted by the help and permission of Major Berger in 1902.”
The foundation stone also states that the builder of the Masjid was Mir Asadullah and it was built with the money of the Muslim soldiers. Its Imam was Maulvi Gulab Shah and its renovation was completed on January 22, 1902.
Creator
M Sternberg
Date
1900s
Type
Postcard
Files
Collection
Citation
M Sternberg, “Mahomedam Mosque of Kowloon,” Local landscape shown in photos and postcards, accessed May 11, 2024, https://imagesofhongkong.omeka.net/items/show/70.