Aqsab Mosque

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Aqsab Mosque
جَامِع الْأَقْصَاب
Religion
AffiliationIslam
RegionLevant
StatusActive
Location
LocationSuq Sarouja, Damascus, Syria
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleAyyubid
Completed1234
Minaret(s)1

The Aqsab Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع الْأَقْصَاب, romanized: Jāmiʿ al-ʾAqṣāb, English: Mosque of the Sugarcanes) is an Ayyubid-era mosque in Damascus, Syria. It is on Suq Sarujiyya outside the walls of the old city, near the Bab al-Salam gate.[1]

References

  1. Aqsab Mosque Archived 2009-09-08 at the Wayback Machine Archnet Digital Library.

Bibliography

  • Rihawi, Abdul Qader (1979). Arabic Islamic Architecture: Its Characteristics and Traces in Syria. Publications of the Ministry of Culture and National Leadership.


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