Nurul Huda Mosque of Gelgel is a historic mosque in

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. It is considered the oldest mosque in Bali and one of the earliest in the Indonesian archipelago. The mosque is located in the village of Gelgel,

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It is said that the mosque was first founded by the 40 Muslim soldiers of the

Majapahit Empire Majapahit ( jv, ꦩꦗꦥꦲꦶꦠ꧀; ), also known as Wilwatikta ( jv, ꦮꦶꦭ꧀ꦮꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦠ; ), was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist thalassocratic empire in Southeast Asia that was based on the island of Java (in modern-day Indonesia ...

, who accompanied the king of Gelgel, Dalem Ketut Klesir, after the Majapahit king

Hayam Wuruk Hayam Wuruk (Sanskrit: हयम् वुरुक्, Kawi: ꦲꦪꦩ꧀ꦮꦸꦫꦸꦏ꧀) (1334–1389), also called Rajasanagara, Pa-ta-na-pa-na-wu, or Bhatara Prabhu after 1350, was a Javanese Hindu emperor from the Rajasa Dynasty and th ...

summoned the kings throughout the archipelago for a conference. The Muslim soldiers settled down with permission from the king, and the mosque was used as a place for worship and the center to spread Islam in Bali. This makes it the first mosque in the island of Bali. Another account tells that the mosque was founded by Muslim missionaries in the 16th century, who decided to settle down in Bali. Since the foundation, the mosque became a center of the Muslim village with around 300 families. Today, not only Balinese Muslims but Muslim immigrants from the other islands reside in the village. The mosque has been renovated numerous times and it has transformed into a big mosque. The mosque is equipped with a 17-meters

minaret A minaret (; ar, منارة, translit=manāra, or ar, مِئْذَنة, translit=miʾḏana, links=no; tr, minare; fa, گل‌دسته, translit=goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generall ...

. Although there is no old building left, the

mimbar A minbar (; sometimes romanized as ''mimber'') is a pulpit in a mosque where the imam (leader of prayers) stands to deliver sermons (, ''khutbah''). It is also used in other similar contexts, such as in a Hussainiya where the speaker sits and ...

retains its original shape.

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