The Tun Abdul Aziz Mosque or ''Masjid Tun Abdul Aziz'' or also known as ''Masjid Bulat'' (Round Mosque) is a mosque in

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Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

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. The mosque is located in Section 14 at the junctions between Jalan Semangat and Jalan Dato' Abdul Aziz. The mosque was constructed between 1975 and 1977, and is in the

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style. The mosque was officially opened on 31 July 1977 by the Almarhum

Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ( Jawi: ; 8 March 1926 – 21 November 2001) was the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and eighth Sultan of Selangor. Early life Born on at 3:30 pm. ...

of Selangor. It was named after Tun Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid, a former

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(Chief Minister) of Selangor from 1955 to 1956 and also the first

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from 1957 to 1964 and then

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(Governor) of Malacca from 1971 to 1975.

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Tun Abdul Aziz Mosque website
1977 establishments in Malaysia Mosques in Selangor Mosques completed in 1977 Petaling Jaya {{Malaysia-mosque-stub

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