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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]
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 ...
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Before Syria's ruinous civil war struck Aleppo, the country's largest city was a busy commercial powerhouse and a proud historic center Pictures of splendors past: Aleppo before the war Skip to ...
Images City Year Denomination Remarks Great Mosque of Aleppo: Aleppo: 715 Sunni Shrine of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist: Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque: Damascus: 682 Shi'ah: Shrine of Zaynab bint Ali: Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque: Damascus: 1985 Shi‘ah Shrine of Fatimah, the youngest daughter of Husayn ibn Ali: Sulaymaniyya Takiyya Mosque ...
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English: Before the Syrian Civil War, many districts of the old city remained unchanged since its construction in the 12th to the 16th century. Mixed architectural styles derived from Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks, Mamluks and Ottomans.
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.