Nur al-Din Mosque

35°8′6″N 36°45′9″E / 35.13500°N 36.75250°E / 35.13500; 36.75250ArchitectureTypeMosqueStyleZengidCompleted1172SpecificationsMinaret(s)1MaterialsBasalt, Limestone, Tiles

The Nur Al-Din Mosque (Arabic: جَامِع نُور ٱلدِّين, romanized: Jāmiʿ Nūr ad-Dīn, transliteration: Jami Nur al-Din) is a Zengid-era mosque in Hama, Syria.^[1] It was founded by Nur al-Din in 1163-64 CE. It also contained a historic minbar from the same date, which is now held at the local Hama Museum.^[2]

The mosque was profoundly damaged in the 1982 shelling of the city and subsequently restored to its current state.

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Bibliography

• Rihawi, Abdul Qader (1979). Arabic Islamic Architecture: Its Characteristics and Traces in Syria. Publications of the Ministry of Culture and National Leadership.