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The Hazrat Sultan Mosque (Kazakh: Äzıret Sūltan meşıtı) is one of the largest and most spectacular mosques in Central Asia. Officially inaugurated on July 6, 2012, it is nicknamed the "White Mosque" for the whiteness of its imposing marble walls. The building is named after the Sufi Sheikh Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, a medieval theologian and poet popularly known as Hazrat Sultan, meaning "Holy Sultan." The Hazrat Sultan Mosque can accommodate up to 10,000 worshippers at a time.
