Al-Sahibiyah Mosque ( ar, جَامِع الصَّاحِبِيَّة, Jāmiʿ aṣ-Ṣāhibīyah) also known as Fustoq mosque ('جَامِع فُسْتُق' or 'جَامِع فُسْتَق', 'Jāmiʿ Fustaq' or 'Jāmiʿ Fustuq'), is a 14th-century mosque in
Aleppo,
Syria. It is located in the heart of the
Ancient City of Aleppo
The Ancient City of Aleppo ( ar, مدينة حلب القديمة, Madīnat Ḥalab al-Qadīma) is the historic city centre of Aleppo, Syria. Before the Syrian Civil War, many districts of the ancient city remained essentially unchanged since ...
, within the historic walls of the city, near the
Khan al-Wazir, in front of
Al-Matbakh al-Ajami palace.
Al-Sahibiyah Mosque
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History
The mosque was built in 1350 by Ahmad bin Yaqoub al-Saheb, a high-ranked officer of the Mamluk
Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning " slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') ...
sultanate in the city of Aleppo. It was known as Al-Saheb madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...
The main entrance is located on the north side of the mosque and characterized with the traditional Islamic muqarnas
Muqarnas ( ar, مقرنص; fa, مقرنس), also known in Iranian architecture as Ahoopāy ( fa, آهوپای) and in Iberian architecture as Mocárabe, is a form of ornamented vaulting in Islamic architecture. It is the archetypal form of I ...
.
Many old inscriptions could be seen on the western wall of the mosque.
Gallery
File:Sahibiyah mosque Alp.jpg, The main entrance
File:Al-Sahibiyah mosque Aleppo.jpg, During Friday prayer
References
Mamluk mosques in Syria
Mosques completed in 1350
Mosques in Aleppo
14th-century mosques
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