What is the architectural significance of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Bawshar, Muscat, inaugurated in 2001 to mark 30 years of the Renaissance?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B. Accommodates 20,000 worshippers with a hand-loomed carpet and chandelier

  1. Step 1: The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque was inaugurated in May 2001.
  2. Step 2: Its central musalla (prayer hall) features a 14-meter-tall Swarovski crystal chandelier and a single-piece hand-woven Persian carpet containing 1.7 billion knots, surrounded by five minarets symbolizing the five pillars of Islam.
Answer
Accommodates 20,000 worshippers with a hand-loomed carpet and chandelier.
Why not the others: 'It was built entirely from mud-brick adobe according to 12th-century Nabhani methods' describes ancient forts like Bahla; 'It is constructed beneath an underground cave cavern without exterior minarets' is geographically and architecturally false; 'It was imported piece by piece from Andalusia, Spain' is historically inaccurate.

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