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The Great Mosque of Maarat al-Numan ( ar, جَامِع مَعَرَّة ٱلنُّعْمَان ٱلْكَبِير, Jāmiʿ Maʿarrat an-Nuʿmān al-Kabīr) is a 12th-century
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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 the city of Maarat al-Numan
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between Hama
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and Aleppo
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in 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 ...
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See also
*History of medieval Arabic and Western European domes
The early domes of the Middle Ages, particularly in those areas recently under Byzantine control, were an extension of earlier Roman architecture. The domed church architecture of Italy from the sixth to the eighth centuries followed that of the ...
* Chahartaq (architecture)
Chartaq ( fa, چارطاق), chahartaq (), chartaqi (), or chahartaqi (), literally meaning "having four arches", is an architectural unit consisted of four barrel vaults and a dome.
History
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References
Bibliography
* Ayyubid mosques in Syria Mosques in Syria Buildings and structures in Idlib Governorate 12th-century mosques {{Syria-mosque-stub