The number of minarets at the Grand Mosque is nineteen, each with a height of eighty-nine m. There were five minarets before the Saudi era, and the number increased to seven during the first Saudi expansion.
The building of the second Saudi expansion included two new minarets, each with a height of eighty-nine m, designed architecturally to resemble the previous seven minarets. The number of minarets reached thirteen in the third Saudi expansion, and currently, construction and architectural work is being completed on six more minarets: the two minarets of King Abdulaziz Gate, the two minarets of Umrah Gate, and the two minarets of al-Fatah Gate. Once these six minarets are completed, the total number of minarets at the Grand Mosque will rise to nineteen.
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