List of mosques in Syria

This is a list of mosques in Syria.

Name Images City Year (CE) RemarksAl-Omari MosqueBosraSubstantially destroyed during the Syrian civil war, Al-Omari MosqueDaraa al-Shuaibiyah Mosque Aleppo Believed to be one of the oldest mosques in the Levant Umayyad Mosque Damascus The National mosque of Syria, It is considered to be the oldest mosque still in use in its original form. It includes a shrine of John the Baptist (Yahya) Great Mosque of Aleppo Aleppo Shrine of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist. The mosque and its minaret were partially destroyed in April 2013, during the Syrian Civil War Great Mosque of Raqqa Raqqa In partial ruins since Great Mosque of Hama Hama Destroyed during the 1982 Hama massacre and reconstructed in 2001 al-Nuqtah Mosque Aleppo Great Mosque of al-Nuri Homs 1129 Nur al-Din Mosque Hama 1172 Al-Qaiqan Mosque Aleppo Great Mosque of Maarat al-Numan Maarat al-Numan (Idlib) Partially destroyed during the 2016 Battle of Maarat al-Numan Hanabila Mosque Damascus 1210 Believed to be a miniature version of the Umayyad MosqueAl-Jisr Al-Abyad MosqueDamascus1214Al-Rukniya Madrasa and MosqueDamascus1224Jarrah MosqueDamascus1233 Aqsab Mosque Damascus 1234 Al-Tawba MosqueDamascus1235 Great Mosque of Sarmin Sarmin 1259 Significantly damaged in October 2023, during the Syrian civil war) Yalbugha Mosque Damascus 1264 Repurposed for profane use in the 19th century; demolished in 1974; rebuilt on the same location in 2014 Mahmandar Mosque Aleppo 1303 Minaret was damaged in 2012, during the Battle of Aleppo 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 Tankiz MosqueDamascus1318rebuilt in 1951 Abu'l-Fida Mosque Hama 1327 Mausoleum completed in 1327; the mosque during the Mamluk era Al-Tawashi Mosque Aleppo 1348 Bahsita Mosque Aleppo 1350 Al-Sahibiyah Mosque Aleppo 1350 al-Otrush Mosque Aleppo 1408 Al-Saffahiyah Mosque Aleppo 1425 Al-Muallaq Mosque Damascus1458 Ibn Arabi Mosque (Salimiyya Takiyya) Damascus 1519 A Mosque and a Sufi takiyya Khusruwiyah Mosque Aleppo 1547 The mosque was entirely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in August 2014 Sulaymaniyya Takiyya Damascus 1559 A Mosque and a Sufi takiyya Al-Adiliyah Mosque Aleppo 1566 The mosque was almost entirely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in the summer of Murad Pasha Mosque Damascus 1568 Also known as the Naqshbandi Mosque after the Naqshbandi Sufi order. Darwish Pasha Mosque Damascus 1574 Behramiyah Mosque Aleppo 1583 Ottoman style; rebuilt many times Sinan Pasha Mosque Damascus 1590 Named after Sinan Pasha 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 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 AliSayyida Zaynab1991A Twelver Shī‘ah shrine of Zaynab bint Ali, 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 Jableh 785 Contains a tomb dedicated to the Sufi mystic Ibrahim ibn Adham Al-Iman Mosque Damascus ?

See also

Islam in Syria Lists of mosques

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