Luar Batang Mosque

This mosque is located in Luar Batang area, Penjaringan North Jakarta, built in 1739 by Sayid Husein Abubakar Alaydrus. Originally it was only “musholla” (a small building for performing religious duties) and a place for “pengajian”. Besides the mosque building, there is a holy resting place of the founder of the mosque who died on 29th Ramadhan 1169 H or 24th June 1756. Previously the grave was at the side of the musholla then due to the construction and extension of the mosque it laid inside the mosque of Luar Batang. The mosque has a basic square ground-plan, supported by pillars with roof that characterized an old building.

The mosque space had several times of extension, including the mihrab, a pulpit that moved a few meters from the original position. The main pillars that support the roof is still the original ones; the ceiling of the main room has its original design which had crosswise beams colored light green. The Kaputan Room is located in the north which had two doors in the front and two doors in the rear. On the above of the doors and windows there are glass windows that had checkered bars, like the ones found in the Archive Building, Jalan Hayam Wuruk and the Chinese Temple at Jalan Lautze.

"Jakarta HERITAGE book (Jakarta City Government Tourism Office)"