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  • Queen Arwa Mosque

  • Queen Arwa Mosque

    Queen Arwa Mosque, also known as Mosque of Queen Arwa bint Ahmad al-Sulayhi, is a historical mosque located in Jibla, Yemen. It was built between 1056 AD to 1111 AD by Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi during the reign of Sulayhid dynasty. The queen’s tomb is located in the mosque which considered one of the oldest ancient Yemeni mosques.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Jibla and its surroundings.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Queen Arwa Mosque
    by Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Queen Arwa Mosque
    by yeowatzup, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Queen Arwa Mosque
    by Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Queen Arwa Mosque

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2002

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    Mosques and Islamic Buildings

    Location

    Yemen

    Ibb Governorate

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    11th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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