New trip to the North - places in Alor Setar revisited...

Peace be upon you all. Over a month ago, I made a series of articles based on places revisited when going to the East Coast. The series was ended with the article New trip to the East Coast - Masjid (mosque of) Kampung Laut revisited...

Last weekend, I went to the North and revisited some other places. So let me just make an article or two based on the visits ya... starting with this. Come! :]

Here's a picture of my wife staring out a window at a certain interesting building. I've just finished my prayers when I saw her in this pose and decided to snap a picture...

For information, we were inside an old mosque...

The old mosque which is totally made out of timber without the use of any nail had been salvaged with new zinc roofings. It is located in Langgar, 11km out of Alor Setar...

The mosque is very near to the Kedah royal mausoleum.

Then we visited the royal mosque called Masjid (mosque of) Zahir right smack in the middle of the city of Alor Setar.

The information board says the mosque was designed following that of the mosques in Langkat, Sumatera. Have a look at the design in the pictures below...

Just outside the compound across the road, there lies this building known as Balai Nobat, the places for keeping the royal instruments. Compare its design with the tower of the old mosque shown earlier. Some say that's how the Balai Nobat looks like before it was replaced with a concrete building early 20th Century. Done... :]