List of mosques in Syria

This is a list of mosques in Syria.

Name Images City Year (CE) Remarks
al-Shuaibiyah Mosque Aleppo 637 Believed to be one of the oldest mosques in the Levant[1]
Umayyad Mosque Damascus 715 The National mosque of Syria, It is considered to be the oldest mosque still in use in its original form.[2] It includes a shrine of John the Baptist (Yahya)[3]
Great Mosque of Aleppo Aleppo 715 Shrine of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist. The mosque and its minaret were partially destroyed in April 2013, during the Syrian Civil War[4]
Al-Omari Mosque Bosra 721 Substantially destroyed during the Syrian civil war, c. 2012[5]
Great Mosque of Raqqa Raqqa 772 In partial ruins since c. 2010s
Great Mosque of Hama Hama 8th century Destroyed during the 1982 Hama massacre and reconstructed in 2001[6]
al-Nuqtah Mosque Aleppo 944 [7]
Great Mosque of al-Nuri Homs 1129
Nur al-Din Mosque Hama 1172
Al-Qaiqan Mosque Aleppo 12th century
Great Mosque of Maarat al-Numan Maarat al-Numan (Idlib) 12th century Partially destroyed during the 2016 Battle of Maarat al-Numan[8]
Hanabila Mosque Damascus 1210 Believed to be a miniature version of the Umayyad Mosque[9]
Aqsab Mosque Damascus 1234
Great Mosque of Sarmin Sarmin 1259 Significantly damaged in October 2023, during the Syrian civil war[10][11]
Yalbugha Mosque Damascus 1264 Repurposed for profane use in the 19th century; demolished in 1974; rebuilt on the same location in 2014[12]
Mahmandar Mosque Aleppo 1303 Minaret was damaged in 2012, during the Battle of Aleppo[13]
Mosque of Prophet Huri Cyrrhus 1314 Established during the Mamluk period around a historic Roman-period hexagonal tower tomb. Damaged in conflicts in 2018 and restored in 2020
Altun Bogha Mosque Aleppo 1318 [14]
Abu'l-Fida Mosque Hama 1327 Mausoleum completed in 1327; the mosque during the Mamluk era[15]
Al-Tawashi Mosque Aleppo 1348
Bahsita Mosque Aleppo 1350
Al-Sahibiyah Mosque Aleppo 1350 [16]
al-Otrush Mosque Aleppo 1408 [17]
Al-Saffahiyah Mosque Aleppo 1425 [18]
Salimiyya Takiyya Damascus 1519 Sufi takiyya[19]
Khusruwiyah Mosque Aleppo 1547 The mosque was entirely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in August 2014[20]
Sulaymaniyya Takiyya Damascus 1559 Sufi takiyya[21]
Al-Adiliyah Mosque Aleppo 1566 The mosque was almost entirely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in the summer of c. 2015
Murad Pasha Mosque Damascus 1568 Also known as the Naqshbandi Mosque after the Naqshbandi Sufi order.[22]
Darwish Pasha Mosque Damascus 1574
Behramiyah Mosque Aleppo 1583 Ottoman style; rebuilt many times[23]
Sinan Pasha Mosque Damascus 1590 Named after Sinan Pasha[24]
Nabi Habeel Mosque Damascus 1599 Tomb of Abel, son of Prophet Adam
Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque Homs 1912 Preserves the tomb of Khalid ibn al-Walid, one of the most prominent Sahaba
Al-Atassi Mosque Homs 1913 Founded by the Al-Atassi family; completed in the late Ottoman style[25]
Al-Salam Mosque Homs 1980
Tawhid Mosque Aleppo 1981
Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque Damascus 1985 A Twelver Shī‘ah Shrine of Fatimah, the youngest daughter of Husayn ibn Ali[26]
Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque Sayyida Zaynab 1991 A Twelver Shī‘ah shrine of Zaynab bint Ali,[27] her grave's location is debated between this mosque and Cairo's mosque.
Ar-Rahman Mosque Aleppo 1994
Uwais al-Qarni Mosque Raqqa 2003 A Twelver Shī‘ah mosque, Destroyed by the Islamic State on 31 May 2014[28]
Mosque of Sultan Ibrahim Ibn Adham Jableh 785 Contains a tomb dedicated to the Sufi mystic Ibrahim ibn Adham
Al-Iman Mosque Damascus ?

See also

References

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