The first mosques built in the Maldives were initially made of materials that easy degraded over time such as wood, coconut, and palm leaves.
Later on, by the middle of the 17th to early 19th centuries, Maldivian coral stone mosque architecture developed and flourished.
Due to the country's proximity with the Arabian peninsula, Arabian onion-dome mosque architecture soon replaced the majority of indigenous Maldivian coral stone mosques by the middle of the 19th century.
Largest coral stone mosque in Maldives built during reign of Sultan Ibrahim Iskandhar I.
In terms of artistic excellence and construction technique using only interlocking assembly, it is one of the finest coral stone buildings of the world.