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Interesting Places
of Malaysia |
- KAPITAN KLING MOSQUE
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Situated
in Jalan Kapitan Kling in the city centre of
Georgetown.
- It
is a moorish styled Islamic mosque built in the
early 19th century by an Indian Muslim merchant
called Mohammed Kling who was appointed as
headman of the Choolian community in 1801. It has
a tall golden minaret.
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