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In [[1368]]/1948-49, the King 'Abd al-'Aziz Al Saud issued an order to expand al-Masjid al-Haram in all its sides. The expansion began in [[1375]]/1955-56 and the area of the mosque was expanded to 160,861 square meters. The area was intended for a population of over three hundred thousand worshippers. The doors of al-Masjid al-Haram were increased to sixty-four ones.<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār-i islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna'', p. 77.</ref>

In [[1409]]/1988-89, Malik Fahd started an unprecedented expansion of al-Masjid al-Haram. The studies for the project and the purchase of places around the mosque had started from [[1403]]/1982-83. It was the largest expansion of al-Masjid al-Haram ever in history. An area of around 76,000 square meters was added to the western side of the mosque. Two monumental eighty-nine-meter high minarets were built in this area. Three large domes were built in the middle, each resting on four pillars. Currently, the number of al-Masjid al-Haram's minarets is nine.<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Āthār-i islāmī-yi Makka wa Madīna'', p. 78.</ref>