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The mosque was restored and expanded by the Zengid sultan Nur al-Din in 1159 after a great fire that had destroyed the earlier Umayyad structure; [6] In 1260, the mosque was razed by the Mongols. [12] [17] In 1281, the mosque was burned again by the Mongols, and the minbar was taken by the Armenians of Sis, according to Al-Mufaddal. [18]
Aleppo was never a capital of any of the grand Arab dynasties, but nevertheless the city's central position in the Levant between Damascus and Baghdad, and its closeness to Anatolia, helped the city to prosper fast. This is a list of mosques in Aleppo from different dynastic periods.
The Umayyad Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأموي, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-Umawī), also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Its religious importance stems from the eschatological reports concerning the mosque, and historic ...
Al-Shuaibiyah Mosque: Aleppo Syria: 637: Ibrahimi Mosque: Hebron Palestine: 637 [116] Great Mosque of Aleppo: Aleppo Syria: 715: Umayyad Mosque: Damascus Syria: 715: Sunni Fourth holiest site and the national mosque of Syria. It was originally built after the Muslim conquest of the city in 634. The current structure dates to 715. White Mosque ...
1318 – Altun Bogha Mosque built. 1350 – Al-Sahibiyah Mosque built. 1354 – Bimaristan Arghun al-Kamili (asylum) active. 1398 – Al-Otrush Mosque and Al-Tawashi mosque built. 1400 – City sacked by forces of Timur of Transoxia. [2] 1427 – Citadel expanded. [2] 1418 – Central Synagogue rebuilt. [citation needed] 1425 – Al-Saffahiyah ...
The Great Mosque of Cordoba, completed 785 AD. Islamic community of Al-Andalus. Later renamed the Cathedral of Cordoba. Similarly, the mihrab and the dome above the Great Mosque of Cordoba was decorated in blue, green and gold mosaics, that posed somewhat of a rival to the Great Mosque in western culture. [5]
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The Great Mosque of Hama was founded in the Umayyad period when a church, originally a Roman temple, was converted into a mosque. [29] The dating of its oldest elements, however, has been a subject of controversy: Jean Sauvaget argued that the riwaq s ( arcades ) in its courtyard dated from the Umayyad period, while K. A. C. Creswell cast doubt ...