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==History==
The mosque was two-thirds complete and was formally opened on 27 December 1929.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19291230-1.2.64|title=New Sultan Mosque at Kampong Glam |access-date=2018-09-24}}</ref> The mosque was fully completed in 1932.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19320226-1.2.13|title=Matters of Muslim Interest|access-date=2018-
The first known installation of a microphone–loudspeaker set occurred in 1936 in the mosque; it was reported that the summons to prayer could 'carry more than a mile'. Some mosque attendees were sceptical of the new electric system, however most believed it was necessary to empower the muezzin's voice to transcend a modern city's noises.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Winters |first=Bryan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I3H6CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA69 |title=The Bishop, the Mullah, and the Smartphone: The Journey of Two Religions into the Digital Age |date=2015 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=9781498217934 |location=Eugene, Oregon |page=318 |access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref>
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