Al Bidyah Mosque
United Arab Emirates27 August 2011Draft
Al Bidyah Mosque is built of stone and mud bricks, and is coated with several layers of white washed plaster. Architecturally, Al Bidyah Mosque is somewhat unique in the United Arab Emirates. Its distinctive structure, especially its roof consisting of four pointed domes and supported by an internal pillar, is unusual for religious architecture in the region. The Prayers hall has a small Mihrab and small Minbar. According to the radiocarbon analysis, the date of construction of the mosque maybe as early as 1446 AD. Souvenir sheet: AED 15. Size: 40.6 x 29.8 mm in sheets of 16 stamps.
Built from public sources; not yet checked against a second source.
- Issued
- 27 August 2011
- Issuer
- United Arab Emirates
- Values
- 150 fils
- Subject
- Not recorded yet
- Designer
- Emirates Post
- Printer
- Joh Enschede - Netherlands
- Process
- Offset
- Perforation
- Not recorded yet
- Quantity
- Stamp 50,000 / S. Sheet 5,000
Record history
- 2026-10-27Record imported from a CSV file.
Cite this record
Al Bidyah Mosque. In: Catalogue of UAE issues. Emirates Philatelic Association. Record updated 2026-10-27.
https://epa.ae/catalogue/uae-2011-al-bidyah-mosque-526
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