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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 ...
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]
Khanqah Al-Farafira mosque (named after Farafira city in Egypt) Mosque of Sheikh Ma'rouf Bin Jamr, 1193 AD; Mosque of Meeru (Shanqos mosque), 1220 AD; Mosque of Al-Sheikh Hammoud, 1146 AD; Al-Zaherya complex, 1219 AD; Mosque of Sidna Hamza, 1156 AD; Al-Zawya Al-Hilaleya mosque, 1213 AD; Al-Atabkeya mosque, 1223 AD; Mosque of Abu-Zer, 1198 AD
At the historic Umayyad Mosque in the heart of Damascus, a red, white, black and green flag flies. On the other side of the Syrian capital, former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s palace burns.
Nabi Habeel Mosque: Damascus: 1599 Shi‘ah Tomb of Abel, son of Prophet Adam: Umayyad Mosque: Damascus: 715 Sunni National mosque. Shrine of John the Baptist (Yahya)]] Sinan Pasha Mosque: Damascus: 1590 Sunni Named after Sinan Pasha: Aqsab Mosque: Damascus: 1234 Sunni Darwish Pasha Mosque: Damascus: 1574 Sunni Nur al-Din Mosque: Hama: 1172 ...
The Great Mosque and the Citadel of Aleppo were razed and most of the inhabitants were killed or sold into slavery. [118] The destruction of Aleppo caused panic in Muslim Syria; The Ayyubid emir of Homs, al-Ashraf Musa, offered to ally with Mongols at the approach of their army and was allowed to continue governance of the city by Hulagu.
Timur's forces took Aleppo in November 1400. [6] He massacred many of the inhabitants, ordering the building of a tower of 20,000 skulls outside the city. [8] After taking Aleppo, Timur continued his advance where he took Hama, along with nearby Homs and Baalbek, [9] and besieged Damascus.
'Dome of the Treasury'), also known as the Bayt al-Mal or Beit al-Mal, [1] [2] is an old structure within the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria. It is an octagonal structure decorated with mosaics, standing on eight Roman columns. [3] The dome was built under orders from the Abbasid governor of Damascus, Fadl ibn Salih, in 789 ...