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The Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman, was commissioned by Sultan Qaboos in 1992. It was inaugurated in 2001 and can accommodate up to 20,000 worshipers.
The 70 x 60 m (230 x 197 ft) prayer carpet in the main prayer hall of the Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman, is the second-largest handwoven, single-piece carpet in the world and took four years to complete. The primary chandelier, a smaller version of which is shown in this photo, is 14 m (46 ft) tall.
After President Martin van Buren signed a treaty with the Sultanate of Oman in 1840, the Imam of Muscat presented him with 148 pearls as a token of gratitude. The pearls were made into a necklace for the president’s daughter-in-law, who was the acting First Lady for the widower Van Buren. Today the necklace is displayed in the First Ladies Exhibit in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. (Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History)
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