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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". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...
, 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.Aqsab Mosque
Archnet Digital Library.


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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 {{Syria-mosque-stub