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STORY: Step inside one of Jordan’s oldest mosquesLocation: Amman, JordanThe Al Husseini Mosque was built between 1921 and 1923during the reign of King Abdullah I(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) THE HEAD OF ...
An architect's view of Baitul Mukarram The mosque complex was designed by architect, Abdulhusein M. Thariani . [ 5 ] On 27 April 1959, Abdul Latif Ibrahim Bawani, owner of then Bawani Jute Mills, held a meeting at his house with GA Madani, Haji Abdul Latif Bawani, MH Adamji, S Sattar, Muhammad Sadiq, AZN Rezai Karim and Major General Umrao Khan ...
Before this renovation, which included the mosque's outer walls being raised, the mosque was a small open area with the Kaaba at the center. By the end of the 8th century, the mosque's old wooden columns had been replaced with marble columns and the wings of the prayer hall had been extended on both sides along with the addition of a minaret on ...
The mosque was founded in 1147 by the Almohad caliph Abd al-Mu'min right after he conquered Marrakesh from the Almoravids. A second version of the mosque was entirely rebuilt by Abd al-Mu'min around 1158, with Ya'qub al-Mansur possibly finalizing construction of the minaret around 1195. [3] This second mosque is the structure that stands today.
The built-up area of the mosque is occupies an area of 15,684 m 2 (168,820 sq ft), with the total area of the mosque being 256,680 m 2 (2,762,900 sq ft). [9] With an indoor capacity of 6,433 worshippers, and an outdoor capacity of 14,029, its total capacity would be over 20,000.
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 .
The Mosul Grand Mosque (Arabic: جامع الموصل الكبير) is an incomplete Sunni Islamic mosque located in Mosul, Iraq. The mosque is situated in the Taqafah district bordering the Tigris river near the Nineveh archeological site. Its construction started during the Saddam Hussein rule, but works were interrupted because of the ...
The Kaaba, [b] sometimes referred to as al-Ka'ba al-Musharrafa, [d] is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.