List of mosques in Yemen
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
- ^ Stanley Gibbons' Simplified Stamp Catalogue (24 ed.). London: Stanley Gibbons Ltd. 1959. p. 1.
- ^ "Historic Town of Zabid". UNESCO Organization. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Tarim ... the town of mosques and schools". Yemen Times. November 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-04-16.
- ^ "مسجد المحضار". Archived from the original on 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
- ^ "مسجد المحضار..منارة تناطح السحاب من "الطين" بتصميم أحد الشعراء". Poetry News Agency (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2014-10-07.
- ^ الحسني, أحمد (2005-01-17). "جبـــــــــــلة .. ثلاثية المرأة والأفيون والمآذن". Almotamar (in Arabic). Jiblah, Yemen. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ^ a b Jibla and its surroundings, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, retrieved 2009-04-20
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Old City of Sana'a". UNESCO Organization. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ^ "Al Saleh Mosque". Official Website of Yemen Tourism. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ^ Al-Omari, Moneer (24 November 2008). "Yemen's Grandest Mosque Inaugurated". Yemen Post. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Mosque and Hammam Al-Mudhaffar". World Monuments Fund. 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
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