The Aqsab Mosque ( ar, جَامِع الْأَقْصَاب, Jāmiʿ al-ʾAqṣāb, English: ''Mosque of the Sugarcanes'') is an
Ayyubid
The Ayyubid dynasty ( ar, الأيوبيون '; ) was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultan of Egypt, Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. A Sunni ...
-era
mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...
in
Damascus
)), is an adjective which means "spacious".
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, Syria. It is on Suq Sarujiyya outside the walls of the old city, near the
Bab al-Salam
Bab al-Salam ( ar, بَابُ السَّلَامِ, Bāb as-Salām) (''The Gate of Peace'') is one of the seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the ...
gate.
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Mosques completed in 1234
13th-century mosques
Ayyubid mosques in Syria
Architecture in Syria
Mosques in Damascus
Buildings and structures inside the walled city of Damascus
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