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Great Mosque of Jenin
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Great Mosque of Jenin
Great Mosque of Jenin, also known as Fatima Khatun Mosque, is a historic mosque located in Jenin in the northern West Bank, Palestine. It was built in 1566 AD by Fatima Khatun, the wife of Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha, the Bosnian governor of Damascus during the reign of Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
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Country: Palestine
District: West Bank
Category: Mosques and Islamic Buildings
Site History: 16th Century AD
Oldest Culture: Islamic
Later Cultures: Islamic
Site Features: Islamic Monuments
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Elevation: 146 m
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