Mosque of Omar (Jerusalem)
Mosque of Omar | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Location | |
Location | Jerusalem |
Territory | Christian Quarter of Old City of Jerusalem |
Geographic coordinates | 31°46′40.21″N 35°13′46.52″E / 31.7778361°N 35.2295889°E |
Architecture | |
Completed | 1193 |
Specifications | |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
Minaret height | 15 metres |
The
History
According to local tradition, after the
The current structure was built in its current shape by the Ayyubid Sultan Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din in 1193 to commemorate the prayer of the caliph Omar.[3]
Architecture
The current structure was built in its current shape by the Ayyubid Sultan Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din in 1193 to commemorate the prayer of the caliph Omar.[3] The entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre had by then moved from the east to the south of the church, as a result of repeated destructive events that affected the Holy Sepulchre and Muslim mosques during the 11th and 12th centuries.[2]
The current building of the mosque has a 15 metres (49 ft) high
The Al-Khanqah al-Salahiyya Mosque, located on the other (northern) side of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, has an almost identical minaret, erected in 1418.[5][3]
Gallery
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In this 1915 map, the Mosque appears south of the Holy Sepulchre in Muristan, near the vertical middle of the map.
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The Mosque has been reserved for religious activities
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Minaret
References
- ^ a b "Mosque of Omar". iTravelJerusalem. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ ISBN 3-7954-1273-0. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
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- ISBN 978-1442277236. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ El Khanqah-Moschee in Jerusalem (German text and pictures at theologische-links.de)
Further reading
- Busse, Heribert, Die 'Umar-Moschee im östlichen Atrium der Grabeskirche (lit. "The Mosque of 'Umar in the eastern atrium of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre"), Zeitschrift des deutschen Palästina-Vereins, 109 (1993), pp. 73–82.