Photo: Carl Josef Kleingrothe/National Gallery of Australia
The Azizi Mosque in Tanjungpura, Langkat was built during the reign of Sultan Musa al-Muazzamsyah in 1899 and completed under the reign of Sultan Abdul Azis Djalil Rachmat Syah in 1902. It was named Azizi after the sultan's name.
When this mosque was completed, the Kingdom of Langkat officially turned into a sultanate, becoming one of the Malay sultanates in Sumatra. This mosque was designed by a German citizen with materials transported from Penang and Singapore.
The location of this mosque was in the center of government of the Langkat Sultanate, close to the palace and court building, indicating that the rulers of Langkat placed religion as one of the foundations of the kingdom like other past kingdoms.
Photo: Wikipedia
From the two photos above, we can see the Azizi Mosque in its initial form and its current form, which is about 120 years apart.
This mosque is also the location of the family tomb of the Langkat sultanate. Tengku Amir Hamzah, an Indonesian writer and Langkat nobleman, who died in the upheaval of the East Sumatra Social Revolution was buried in the Azizi Mosque complex.
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