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55 places
Abd al-Hadi al-Bani Mosque
جامع عبد الهادي الباني
Mosque honouring the Damascene scholar Abd al-Hadi al-Bani, a 20th-century teacher of jurisprudence and Arabic.
Abd al-Karim al-Rifa'i Mosque
جامع عبد الكريم الرفاعي
Mosque of Abd al-Karim al-Rifa'i (1901–1973), reviver of the 'Jama'at Zayd' movement of popular religious education that spread through Damascus's mosques.
Abdullah Fa'iz al-Daghestani Mosque & Tomb
جامع وقبر عبد الله فائز الداغستاني
Mosque and tomb of Abdullah Fa'iz al-Daghestani (1891–1973), Dagestani-born Naqshbandi Sufi master who settled on Qasioun and taught seekers from across the world.
Abdullah Pasha al-Azm Mosque
جامع عبد الله باشا العظم
Ottoman mosque endowed by Abdullah Pasha al-Azm, of the dynasty of governors that ruled 18th-century Damascus.
Abu al-Fida Mosque
جامع أبي الفداء
Riverside mosque built by Abu al-Fida in 1326, where the scholar-prince chose to be buried beside the Orontes he loved.
al-Afram Mosque
جامع الأفرم
Mosque named for the Mamluk governor Aqqush al-Afram, who developed the quarter at the foot of Qasioun in the early 14th century.
al-Akram Mosque
جامع الأكرم
Modern mosque in the Mezzeh district, one of western Damascus's principal congregational mosques.
al-Ashbakiyya Mosque
مسجد الأشبكية
Mamluk mosque of Aleppo founded by the emir Ashbak, serving the quarters south of the citadel.
al-Bashir Mosque
جامع البشير
Neighbourhood mosque in the Rukn al-Din quarter, rebuilt in the 20th century and known for its Qur'an memorisation circles.
al-Durr al-Muhammadi Mosque
جامع الدر المحمدي
Modern mosque in Rukn al-Din whose name — 'the Muhammadan pearl' — honours the Prophet; a centre for mawlid gatherings.
al-Farisiyya Madrasa Mosque
جامع المدرسة الفارسية
Mamluk-era madrasa-mosque founded as a school of Shafi'i law, its prayer hall still in use by the surrounding quarter.
al-Firdaws Mosque
مسجد الفردوس
Mosque of the Firdaws ('Paradise') complex south of Aleppo's walls — the finest Ayyubid building in the city, raised in 1235 by the regent-queen Dayfa Khatun.
al-Hajibiyya Mosque
جامع الحاجبية
Mamluk-era mosque and madrasa in al-Salihiyya, founded by a chamberlain (hajib) of the sultan's court.
al-Halawiyya Mosque
جامع الحلوية
Mosque of the Halawiyya complex, occupying the nave of Aleppo's Byzantine cathedral of St Helena, converted in 1124.
al-Hanabila Mosque
جامع الحنابلة
The Hanbali Mosque of al-Salihiyya (1202–13), oldest surviving mosque on the slopes of Qasioun, built by the Banu Qudama family of Palestinian Hanbali scholars.
al-Iman Mosque
جامع الإيمان
Modern congregational mosque in the Mazra'a district, one of central Damascus's busiest Friday mosques.
al-Izzi Mosque
مسجد العزي
Mamluk-era mosque of Hama endowed by the emir Izz al-Din, overlooking the Orontes quarter.
al-Khayr / Musa al-Amiri Mosque
جامع الخير / موسى الأميري
Aleppo quarter mosque endowed by the notable Musa al-Amiri, part of the Ottoman-era fabric of the Jdeideh side.
al-Madfan / Marwan Hadid Mosque
جامع المدفن / مروان حديد
Hama quarter mosque known as al-Madfan ('the burial place'), associated with the preacher Marwan Hadid (d. 1976).
al-Malaki al-Sharif Mosque
جامع الملكي الشريف
Hama mosque endowed by an Ayyubid prince bearing the royal title al-Malik al-Sharif.
al-Mawlawiyya Mosque
جامع المولوية
Mosque of the Mevlevi dervish complex in Suq Saruja, where the whirling order kept its Damascus lodge.
al-Murabit Mosque
جامع المرابط
Mosque of the Murabit quarter northwest of the old city, its name recalling the 'garrisoned' volunteers of the frontier.
al-Na'ura Mosque
مسجد الناعورة
Old-city mosque named for the waterwheel (na'ura) that once turned beside it on the Barada channel.
al-Nabulsi Mosque
جامع النابلسي
Mosque of the Nabulsi family in al-Salihiyya, associated with the household of the mystic Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi.
al-Nahhasiyya Khanqah Mosque
مسجد الخانقاه النحاسية
Former Sufi khanqah (lodge) endowed by the coppersmiths' guild, later converted to a congregational mosque.
al-Nuri Mosque
جامع النوري
Hama's al-Nuri Mosque, built by Nur al-Din al-Zanki in 1163 beside the Orontes, with a celebrated inscription of the founder over its portal.
al-Rahman Mosque
جامع الرحمن
One of Aleppo's principal modern congregational mosques, completed in the 1990s in the western districts.
al-Rawda Mosque
جامع الروضة
Ottoman-era neighbourhood mosque serving the Rawda quarter, long a venue for evening lessons and Qur'an circles.
al-Rawda Mosque (Aleppo)
جامع الروضة
Modern mosque of Aleppo's Shahba district, a major venue for Friday sermons and lessons.
al-Rukniyya Mosque & Madrasa
جامع ومدرسة الركنية
Ayyubid madrasa in al-Salihiyya founded by the emir Rukn al-Din Mankuras (13th c.), combining a domed tomb chamber with teaching halls.
al-Sadat al-Mujahidin Mosque
جامع السادات المجاهدين
Old mosque near the citadel whose name honours the 'lords of the holy warriors', restored under the Mamluks.
al-Sadat Mosque
جامع السادات
Old-city mosque of the 'Sayyids' — descendants of the Prophet's household — long a gathering place for the city's ashraf families.
al-Sahibiyya / Fustuq Mosque
جامع الصاحبية / فستق
Aleppo mosque known as al-Sahibiyya or the Fustuq ('pistachio') mosque after its endower's family trade.
al-Sanjakdar Mosque
جامع السنجقدار
Mamluk mosque founded by the standard-bearer (sanjakdar) Arghun in the 14th century, just west of the old city walls.
al-Shamsiyya Mosque
جامع الشمسية
Madrasa-mosque in al-Salihiyya founded in the 13th century, named for its patron Shams al-Din.
al-Sharkasiyya Mosque & Madrasa
جامع ومدرسة الشركسية
Madrasa-mosque founded for Circassian mamluks in the Salihiyya quarter, later serving as a neighbourhood mosque.
al-Sulaymaniyya Madrasa Mosque
جامع المدرسة السليمانية
Madrasa wing of the Sulaymaniyya complex on the Barada, designed by the great Ottoman architect Sinan for Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent (1554–59).
al-Tawba Mosque
جامع التوبة
The 'Mosque of Repentance' in al-Uqayba, converted from a khan into a mosque by the Ayyubid ruler al-Malik al-Ashraf in 1234; famed for centuries of hadith teaching.
al-Zaki Mosque
جامع الزكي
Aleppo neighbourhood mosque of the Zaki family, restored in the Ottoman period.
Alwan Mosque
جامع علوان
Mosque of the Hama saint Shaykh Alwan al-Hamawi (d. 1530), Shafi'i scholar and Sufi poet whose tomb adjoins the prayer hall.
Badr Mosque
جامع بدر
Small historic mosque in the old city named for the Battle of Badr, restored several times under the Ottomans.
Great al-Nuri Mosque
جامع النوري الكبير
Homs's al-Nuri Great Mosque, converted from earlier temples and churches after the conquest and rebuilt by Nur al-Din al-Zanki in the 12th century.
Great Mosque of Hama
الجامع الكبير
Hama's Great Mosque, an early Umayyad foundation on the site of a Roman temple and Byzantine church; destroyed in 1982 and painstakingly rebuilt stone by stone.
Great Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo
الجامع الأموي
Aleppo's Great Umayyad Mosque (8th c.), sister to the Damascus mosque, holding a shrine of Zechariah; its peerless Seljuq minaret of 1090 fell in the 2013 fighting and is being rebuilt.
Hisham ibn Ammar Mosque
جامع هشام بن عمار
Mosque named for Hisham ibn Ammar (d. 859), Damascus's leading Qur'an reciter and hadith transmitter of his age and preacher of the Umayyad Mosque.
Ibrahim ibn Adham Mosque
جامع إبراهيم بن أدهم
Jableh's congregational mosque housing the shrine of Ibrahim ibn Adham, converted from a Crusader-era church after the city's reconquest.
Imam al-Shafi'i Mosque
مسجد الإمام الشافعي
Mezzeh mosque named for Imam al-Shafi'i (767–820), founder of the Shafi'i school of law, born in Gaza and buried in Cairo.
Izz al-Din al-Qassam Mosque
جامع عز الدين القسام
Jableh mosque where Izz al-Din al-Qassam (1882–1935) preached before his exile; the Syrian-born teacher became an icon of resistance in Palestine, dying in battle near Jenin.
Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque
جامع خالد بن الوليد
Homs's great mosque, rebuilt in Ottoman style in the early 20th century over the burial place of Khalid ibn al-Walid; its two slender minarets are the city's emblem.
Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Mosque
جامع محيي الدين ابن العربي
Ottoman mosque raised by Sultan Selim I in 1518 over the tomb of Ibn Arabi; the heart of the Salihiyya quarter and a magnet for Sufi visitors ever since.
Mulla Ramadan al-Buti Mosque
جامع ملا رمضان البوطي
Mosque named for Mulla Ramadan al-Buti (d. 1990), Kurdish scholar who migrated from Turkey and taught in Damascus; father of the famed shaykh Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti.
Nafiz Efendi Mosque
جامع نافذ أفندي
Late-Ottoman mosque endowed by the notable Nafiz Efendi, serving the upper Salihiyya slopes.
Prophet Dhu al-Kifl Mosque
مسجد نبي الله ذي الكفل
Mosque on Qasioun associated by local tradition with the Prophet Dhu al-Kifl, mentioned in the Qur'an and often identified with Ezekiel.
Suraqa ibn Malik Mosque
جامع سراقة بن مالك
Mosque named for Suraqa ibn Malik, the companion who pursued the Prophet during the hijra, embraced Islam, and was promised the bracelets of Khosrow.
Tankiz Mosque
جامع تنكز
Tinkiz Mosque Built by Sayf al-Din Tinkiz al-Nasiri the deputy of the Mamluk Sultanate in Damascus, it was transformed by Ibrahim Pasha in his campaign in Syria, and it was later bombed and destroyed by France in their aggression on Damascu