Masjid Wak Tanjong
Masjid Wak Tanjong is a mosque located in Geylang East, Singapore. It is named for Wak Tanjong, a Bugis merchant who established the mosque in 1873. The mosque is situated directly next to the Paya Lebar MRT station of the East–West MRT line.
History
The site where the mosque stands on in the present day was originally a small wooden surau, founded in 1873 by Wak Tanjong, a Bugis trader who emigrated to Singapore from Malacca. He was buried behind the mosque along with some members of his family in a simple mausoleum building. The wooden mosque was subsequently demolished and replaced with a larger, firm concrete structure in the 1930s by Mohammed Ally Tanjong, an Indian Muslim trader who was also the son of the founder. Plans were made to expand the mosque in 1990, and reconstruction works would start in April of 1996. The mosque was eventually rebuilt into its current form and then reopened by 1998.In the early 2000s, the mausoleum of Wak Tanjong and his family behind the mosque was demolished and their exhumed remains were reinterred at the Pusara Abadi Muslim Cemetery. The mosque was also affected by severe flooding in January 2018, but the main prayer hall of the mosque was not affected by the flooding, only the courtyard. A commemorative plaque to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Masjid Wak Tanjong since its founding in 1873 was unveiled on December 2024, with the mosque also starting a campaign known as Legaci Kesyukuran which included helping out the needy in Singapore.