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  • Gurgi Mosque

  • Gurgi Mosque

    Gurgi Mosque is a historical mosque located in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. It was built in 1834 AD by the command of the naval captain Mustafa Gurgi during the reign of Yusuf Karamanli, the Pasha of the Karamanli dynasty of Tripoli. The mosque, which is considered one of the oldest mosques in Tripoli, also houses the tombs of Mustafa Gurgi and his family.
    Archaeological Site
    Gurgi Mosque
    by Abdul-Jawad Elhusuni, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Gurgi Mosque
    by I, Luca Galuzzi, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
    Gurgi Mosque
    by Abdul-Jawad Elhusuni, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Gurgi Mosque

    Archaeological Site

     

     

    mosque

    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Libya

    Tripoli

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    19th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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