List of mosques in Damascus

Damascus is home to many Mosques, each drawing from various periods of its history such as the Umayyad Caliphate (of which Damascus was the seat), and during the Abbasid Caliphate, Fatimid, Zengid, Ayyubid, Mamluk, Ottoman periods and finally the modern Syrian Arab Republic.

List of mosques Name Images Year (CE) PeriodNeighborhoodRemarks Umayyad Mosque UmayyadOld City The largest in Damascus and considered to be the national mosque of SyriaFulus MosqueFatimidAl-MidanNur al-Din Madrasa and Mosque1167ZengidOld CityOriginally a madrasa with a later mausoleumFarrukh Shah Madrasa and Mosque1183AyyubidMuhajreenOriginally a madrasa with a later mausoleum Al-Shamiyah Madrasa and Mosque1190AyyubidSaroujaOriginally a madrasa Hanabila Mosque 1210AyyubidAl-Salihiyah Believed to be a miniature version of the Umayyad Mosque, and the first congregational mosque outside the old cityBab Musalla Mosque1210AyyubidAl-ShaghourAl-Jisr Al-Abyad Mosque1214AyyubidAl-SalihiyahAl-Rukniya Madrasa and Mosque1224AyyubidRukn ad-DinJarrah Mosque1233AyyubidAl-Shaghour Aqsab Mosque (Al-Sadat Mosque) 1234AyyubidSaroujaAl-Tawba Mosque1235AyyubidSaroujaAl-Atabikiyya Madrasa and Mosque1242AyyubidAl-SalihiyahAl-Jadid Mosque1255AyyubidAl-SalihiyahAl-Murshidiyya Madrasa and Mosque1256AyyubidAl-SalihiyahAl-Badra'iyya Mosque1256AyyubidOld City Yalbugha Mosque 1264MamlukSarouja Repurposed for profane use in the 19th century; demolished in 1974; rebuilt on the same location in 2014Al-Daqqaq Mosque (Al-Karimi Mosque)1318MamlukAl-MidanTankiz Mosque1318MamlukQanawatRebuilt in 1951Al-Sanjaqdar Mosque1348MamlukQanawatAl-Ajami Mosque1348MamlukAl-ShaghourManjak Mosque1370MamlukAl-MidanAl-Tawusiyya Mosque1382MamlukSaroujaAl-Taynabiyya Mosque 1394MamlukAl-MidanAl-Tawrizi Mosque (Al-Teirouzi Mosque) 1422MamlukQanawatAl-Ward Mosque1426MamlukSaroujaSidi Hisham ibn Ammar Mosque1427MamlukOld CityAl-Qal'i (Al-Qalai) Mosque1431MamlukOld CityAl-Shadhbakiya Madrasa and Mosque1453MamlukQanawatAl-Muallaq Mosque 1458MamlukSaroujaAl-Sabuniyya Madrasa and Mosque1464MamlukAl-ShaghourQutb Al-Din Al-Khudairi Mosque1473MamlukOld CityAl-Sibaiyah Madrasa and Mosque1515MamlukQanawat Ibn Arabi Mosque (Salimiyya Takiyya) 1519OttomanAl-Salihiyah A Mosque and a takiyya Sulaymaniyya Takiyya 1559OttomanQanawat A Mosque and a takiyya Al-Naqshabandi Mosque 1568OttomanAl-Shaghour Also known as the Murad Pasha Mosque after the commissioner of the mosque. Darwish Pasha Mosque 1574OttomanQanawatAl-Yaghushiyya Mosque1587OttomanOld City Sinan Pasha Mosque 1590OttomanOld City Named after Sinan PashaAl-Safarjalani Mosque (Al-Qari Mosque)1699OttomanOld CityAbd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi Mosque1733OttomanAl-SalihiyahAl-Fathiyah Madrasa and Mosque1743OttomanOld City Al-Iman Mosque 1970 ModernAl-Salihiyah Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque 1985ModernOld City Twelver Shiʿa shrine dedicated to Ruqayya Twelver Shiʿa shrine dedicated to Ruqayya (according to Twelver Shi'ism)

List of mosques in Damascus

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