Aqsab Mosque

This article is about the mosque in Damascus. For the Damascus neighborhood by the same name, see Masjid Aqsab.
Aqsab Mosque
جَامِع الْأَقْصَاب
Religion
AffiliationSunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque
StatusActive
Location
LocationSarouja, Damascus
CountrySyria
Aqsab Mosque is located in Damascus
Aqsab Mosque
Location of the mosque in Damascus
Geographic coordinates33°31′05″N 36°18′40″E / 33.518041°N 36.311198°E / 33.518041; 36.311198
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleAyyubid
Completed1234 CE
Minaret(s)1

The Aqsab Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع الْأَقْصَاب, romanized: Jāmiʿ al-ʾAqṣāb, lit. '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]

See also

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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