The Al-Saffahiyah Mosque ( ar, جَامِع السَّفَّاحِيَّة, Jāmiʿ as-Saffāḥīyah) is a

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 Aleppo, located to the south-west of the

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, at "Al-Jalloum" district of the ancient city, to the east of Al-Shibani Church-School. The mosque was built in 1425 under the patronage of ''Ahmed bin Saleh bin Al-Saffah'' on the ruins of an old mill, during the

Mamluk Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning " slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') ...

period.http://www.esyria.sy/ealeppo/index.php?p=stories&category=places&filename=201009011345011 eAleppo:Al-Saffahiyah (in Arabic) The mosque is marked with its single octagonal minaret over the entrance, decorated with the fine carvings of the Mamluk-era architecture. The mosque was partially renovated in 1925.

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File:Aleppo Al-Saffahiye mosque 0597.jpg, Aleppo Al-Saffahiye mosque front File:Aleppo Al-Saffahiye mosque 0598.jpg, Aleppo Al-Saffahiye mosque muqarnas in entrance

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Mamluk mosques in Syria Religious buildings and structures completed in 1425 15th-century mosques Mosques in Aleppo Mausoleums in Syria Madrasas in Aleppo {{Syria-mosque-stub