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  • Al-Asha’ir Mosque

  • Al-Asha’ir Mosque

    Al-Asha'ir Mosque or the Great Mosque of Zabid is an ancient mosque located in the historic city of Zabid, Yemen. It was built by the great Sahabi Abu Musa al-Ash'ari in 629 AD. The mosque underwent several renovations, but the most important additions of which were made during the reign of Sultan Al-Mansour Abdul Wahab bin Dawood in the year 1486 AD, and since then the shape of the mosque remained as it is to this day.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Historic Town of Zabid.
    World Heritage Site
    Al-Asha’ir Mosque
    by Véronique Dauge, CC BY-SA 3.0-igo, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Al-Asha’ir Mosque

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    1993

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    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Yemen

    Al Hudaydah Governorate

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    7th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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