The Hayy Assafarat Grand Mosque (Arabic: جامع حي السفارات, lit.

[1][2][3] With a prayer hall of almost 5,830 square metres (62,800 sq ft),[4] the mosque can accommodate almost 5,000 worshippers.

[5] The mosque was being planned as part of the Diplomatic Quarter district development project.

In 1981, construction began on the 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) site of Al Kindi Plaza, which aimed to serve the recreational needs of foreign embassy staff and their families.

[6] Beeah Group was given the contract of designing the square in order to cater to the religious requirements of diplomats from Muslim countries, the construction of a central mosque began in 1983 and was completed in 1986.