List of mosques in Yemen

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This is a list of mosques in the Republic of Yemen, in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula.

Name Images Location Year/century Remarks
Aidrus Mosque City of Aden 1699 Named for Abu Bakr al-Aydarus, a Sufi mystic.[1]
Al-Asha'ir Mosque Zabid, Al-Hudaydah 628 One of the early mosques of Islam. Part of UNESCO's World Heritage Site of Zabid.[2]
Al-Muhdhar Mosque Tarim, Hadhramaut 1914 With a height of approximately 53 m (174 ft), the minaret is the tallest mudbrick structure in the World.[3][4][5]
Qubbat az-Zum Mosque Jiblah, Ibb 1515–1516 One of two prominent mosques in the historical town of Jibla.[6][7]
Queen Arwa Mosque Jiblah 1111 Associated with Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi, and is one of the two iconic mosques of Jibla, Yemen.[7]
Al-Hadi Mosque City of Sa'dah 897
Sufyan Mosque Lahij 1215 Dedicated to Sufyan ibn Abdullah al-Abini al-Yamani, a Muslim scholar who fought in the 1187 Battle of Hattin against the Crusaders in Jerusalem.[8][9]
Alansar Mosque Sanaa ?
Al-Bakiriyya Mosque Sanaa 1596–1597 Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[10]
Abdulhadi as-Soudi Mosque Taiz 16th century Named for Abdul Hadi as-Soudi, a prominent poet and Muslim scholar involved in Sufism. Destroyed by Islamists in 2016, and currently still in ruins as of 2020.
Alemaan Mosque Sanaa ?
Al-Mahdi Mosque Sanaa 1651 Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[10]
Al-Saleh Mosque Sanaa 2008 The largest mosque in the country.[11][12]
Al-Shohada' Mosque Sanaa ?
Al-Towheed Mosque Sanaa ?
Great Mosque of Sana'a Sanaa 7th-8th Century Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[10]
Hanthel Mosque Sanaa ?
Ashrafiya Mosque City of Ta'iz 1275
Al-Janad Mosque Taiz 7th-century
Mudhaffar Mosque Taiz 13th Century
Talha Mosque Taiz 1620 [13]

See also

References

  1. ^ Stanley Gibbons' Simplified Stamp Catalogue (24 ed.). London: Stanley Gibbons Ltd. 1959. p. 1.
  2. ^ "Historic Town of Zabid". UNESCO Organization. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Tarim ... the town of mosques and schools". Yemen Times. November 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-04-16.
  4. ^ "مسجد المحضار". Archived from the original on 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  5. ^ "مسجد المحضار..منارة تناطح السحاب من "الطين" بتصميم أحد الشعراء". Poetry News Agency (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2014-10-07.
  6. ^ الحسني, أحمد (2005-01-17). "جبـــــــــــلة .. ثلاثية المرأة والأفيون والمآذن". Almotamar (in Arabic). Jiblah, Yemen. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  7. ^ a b Jibla and its surroundings, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, retrieved 2009-04-20
  8. ^ Atiri, Hisham (31 January 2015). "The residents of Sufyan village in Yemen told Al Ayyam: The shrine of saint Sufyan had already been demolished in 1994 CE". Al Ayyam.
  9. ^ "Exhuming the grave of a man who did Jihad with Salahuddin al-Ayyubi in Lahij: The shrine of eminent scholar Sufyan was destroyed by terrorists". Shabwa Press. 28 January 2015.
  10. ^ a b c "Old City of Sana'a". UNESCO Organization. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  11. ^ "Al Saleh Mosque". Official Website of Yemen Tourism. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  12. ^ Al-Omari, Moneer (24 November 2008). "Yemen's Grandest Mosque Inaugurated". Yemen Post. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  13. ^ "Mosque and Hammam Al-Mudhaffar". World Monuments Fund. 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
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