Masjid Al- Madinah Kg. Bandar, Perak - 1890

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(Masjid Al-Madinah Kg. Bandar, Perak)

4.094657, 101.007295
04°05′40.77″N 101°00′26.26″E

Our next mission is to trace another old mosque situated in Kampung Bandar near Kampung Gajah on the right bank of Sungai Perak.

(A small road leading to the old mosque)

(A graveyard on the left of the mosque)

(An old signage, still legible)

Kampung Bandar, or Bandor as the Perakians would say, was once the seat of the Perak government, hence its name. Even the first British Resident of Perak, James Wheeler Woodford Birch, lived here until his assassination on 2 November 1875.

(Left abandoned and unused)

(A unique minaret attached to the mosque)

(The outer wall is painted bright yallow)

(The hanging old geduk)

The original Kampung Bandar has long disappeared after the meandering Sungai Perak eroded the banks. All that is left as a reminder is the 133-years old mosque, Masjid al-Madinah, that was established here in 1890 located on the bank of Sungai Perak.

(The original structure still remains strong)

(Used to be a kariah mosque for the villagers)

Masjid Al-Madinah building structure uses timber from Kampung Paloh, Ipoh that was washed away from Sungai Kinta to Sungai Perak. The mosque became the focus of worship for more than 200 families at that time. However, with the current pace of development, this village is slowly being abandoned, including this old mosque. The original structure still remains despite being abandoned since the 1990s.

(An old rustic keranda)

(Abandoned Community Hall next to the mosque)

(An old traditional house and a religious school)

There is also the tomb of a famous scholar named Sheikh Muhammad Taib Minangkabau. One of his daughters was married to the late Raja Muda Musa ibni Sultan Ja'afar and their son was the 31st Sultan of Perak, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (1938-1948).