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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 ...
Umayyad Mosque: 100,000 [citation needed] Damascus Syria: 715: Sunni: Badshahi Mosque: Night View of Badshahi Mosque (King’s Mosque) 100,000 [16] Lahore Pakistan: 1673: Sunni: Bahria Grand Mosque: Side view of Grand Jamia Masjid Bahria Town Lahore: 70,000 [17] Lahore Pakistan: 2014: Sunni: Çamlıca Mosque: 63,000 [18] Istanbul Turkey: 2019 ...
Damascus is home to many Mosques, each drawing from various periods of its history such as the Umayyad Caliphate (of which Damascus was the seat), Abbasid Caliphate, Fatimids, Ayyubids, Mamluks, Ottoman Empire and finally the modern Syrian Arab Republic. Umayyad Mosque is the Largest in Damascus
The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Grand Mosque of Damascus, is one of the largest mosques in the world and also one of the oldest sites of continuous prayer since the rise of Islam. A shrine in the mosque is said to contain the body of St. John the Baptist. The mausoleum where Saladin was buried is located in the gardens just outside the ...
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 Sulaymaniyya Takiyya (Arabic: التَّكِيَّة السُّلَيْمَانِيَّة, romanized: at-Takiyya as-Sulaymāniyya; Turkish: Şam Süleymaniye Külliyesi [1]) is a takiyya (Ottoman-era Arabic name for a mosque complex which served as a Sufi convent) in Damascus, Syria, located on the right bank of the Barada River. [2]
English: The Umayyad Mosque in the Old City of Damascus, the Great Mosque of Damascus, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. The Umayyad Mosque is one of the few early mosques in the world with the same general structure and architectural features since its initial construction in the early 8th century.
English: Damascus, Syria: The courtyard of the 8th-century Umayyad Mosque. The Umayyad Mosque, located in the old city of Damascus, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. It is considered by some Muslims to be the fourth-holiest place in Islam.