The Darwish Pasha Mosque ( ar, جَامِع دَرْوِيش بَاشَا, Jāmiʿ Darwīš Bāšā, transliteration: ''Jami Darwish Pasha'', tr, Derviş Paşa Camii) is a 16th-century

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, ...

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 Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. The mosque was erected in 1574 by the Ottoman governor of Damascus Darwish Pasha.

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