Sultan Abdul Samad Jamek Mosque

This guide to Sultan Abdul Samad Jamek Mosque starts with the meaning of Kuala Lumpur's own name at the river confluence where it stands, and with Arthur Hubback, the twenty-nine-year-old British architect appointed to design it in the Mughal style of domes and minarets in 1900. It follows the choice to build on an old Malay burial ground, the mosque's 1908 foundation stone and 1909 opening, and what became of Hubback after he left for the First World War. Listen for how the pink-and-white minarets above you earned their local nickname.