Masjid Kapitan Keling

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Penang’s first Indian Muslim settlers, troops from the East India Company, built Masjid Kapitan Keling in 1801, named for the captain who had the idea. The mosque’s domes are yellow, in a typically Indian-influenced Islamic style, and it has a single minaret that looks sublime against the sunset. Visitors are welcome but dress appropriately.

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