Al-Shuaibiyah Mosque ( ar, جَامِع الشُّعَيْبِيَّة, Jāmiʿ aš-Šuʿaybīyah) also known as al-Omari ( ar, الْجَامِع الْعُمَرِي, al-Jāmiʿ al-ʿUmarī), al-Tuteh ( ar, جَامِع التُّوتَة, Jāmiʿ at-Tūtah) and al-Atras mosque ( ar, جَامِع الْأَتْرَاس, Jāmiʿ al-ʾAtrās), is the oldest mosque in
Aleppo, Syria
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. Built in 637, it is one of the oldest mosques in the
Levant
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. It is located in the western part 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
Gate of Antioch.
History
After the fall of Aleppo to the
Arab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
s under
Abu Ubaidah ibn al Jarrah
ʿĀmir ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Jarrāḥ ( ar, عامر بن عبدالله بن الجراح; 583–639 CE), better known as Abū ʿUbayda ( ar, أبو عبيدة ) was a Muslim commander and one of the Companions of the Islamic prophet M ...
in 637, the Al-Shuaibiyah Mosque was built near the gate of
Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ ...
, absorbing the ancient Roman triumphal arch which once marked the beginning of the
decumanus.
Renovation
The mosque was renovated by Abu 'l Hasan al-Ghadairi, a
Shi'i
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most ...
, during the 10th century. In the 1150s, the
Zengid ruler,
Nur ad-Din, renovated and transformed it from a
Shia
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mo ...
mosque into a
Shafi'i
The Shafii ( ar, شَافِعِي, translit=Shāfiʿī, also spelled Shafei) school, also known as Madhhab al-Shāfiʿī, is one of the four major traditional schools of religious law (madhhab) in the Sunnī branch of Islam. It was founded by ...
madrasa for Shaykh Shu'ayb. It is known for its decorated façade where many 12th-century Kufic inscriptions can be found. The rectangular short minaret reflects the earliest designs in the history of
Islamic architecture
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. The mosque was renovated again in 1401.
During the modern era, the mosque was renovated in 1980 and 1990.
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References
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Al-Shuaibiyah Mosque
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Mosques in Aleppo
7th-century mosques