Al-Tawashi Mosque
Historical mosque in Aleppo, Syria
36°11′41″N 37°09′43″E / 36.1946°N 37.1619°E / 36.1946; 37.1619Al-Tawashi Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع الطَّوَاشِيّ, romanized: Jāmiʿ aṭ-Ṭawāšī), is one of the historical mosques in Aleppo, Syria, dating back to the Mamluk period. It is located in al-Qasileh district of the Ancient City of Aleppo, near the Bab al-Nairab. It was built in 1348 by Safi ad-Dine Jawhar al-Allani al-Tawashi. It was renovated and enlarged in 1537 by Saadallah bin Ali bin Osman al-Malati.
The mosque is characterized with its short minaret, the decorated columns, and its main gate topped with traditional oriental muqarnas. [1]
References
- ^ "Old Mosques of Aleppo". Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
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