List of mosques in Yemen explained

This is a list of mosques in the Republic of Yemen, in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula.

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1699 Named for Abu Bakr al-Aydarus, a Sufi mystic.[1]
One of the early mosques of Islam. Part of UNESCO's World Heritage Site of Zabid.[2]
1914 With a height of approximately 53m (174feet), the minaret is the tallest mudbrick structure in the World.[3] [4] [5]
1515–1516 One of two prominent mosques in the historical town of Jibla.[6]
Jiblah 1111 Associated with Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi, and is one of the two iconic mosques of Jibla, Yemen.
1215 Dedicated to Sufyan ibn Abdullah al-Abini al-Yamani, a Muslim scholar who fought in the 1187 Battle of Hattin against the Crusaders in Jerusalem.[7] [8]
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Sanaa 1596–1597 Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[9]
Abdulhadi as-Soudi Mosque16th century Named for Abdul Hadi as-Soudi, a prominent poet and Muslim scholar involved in Sufism. Destroyed by Islamists in 2016, and currently still in ruins as of 2020.
Sanaa ?
Sanaa 1651 Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.
Sanaa 2008 The largest mosque in the country.[10] [11]
Sanaa ?
Sanaa ?
Sanaa Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.
Sanaa ?
1275
Taiz
Taiz
Taiz 1620 [12]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Stanley Gibbons Ltd. . Stanley Gibbons' Simplified Stamp Catalogue . 24 . 1959 . London . 1.
  2. Web site: Historic Town of Zabid . 29 July 2017 . UNESCO Organization.
  3. News: Tarim ... the town of mosques and schools . https://web.archive.org/web/20090416074943/http://www.yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=897&p=culture&a=1 . 2009-04-16 . . November 2005.
  4. Web site: مسجد المحضار . 2017-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130901144206/http://www.batuta.com/5934/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B1/ . 2013-09-01 . dead .
  5. News: مسجد المحضار..منارة تناطح السحاب من "الطين" بتصميم أحد الشعراء . https://web.archive.org/web/20141007122439/http://www.alapn.com/ar/news.php?cat=11&id=34449 . 2014-10-07 . ar . Poetry News Agency.
  6. News: الحسني . أحمد . جبـــــــــــلة .. ثلاثية المرأة والأفيون والمآذن . Almotamar . ar . Jiblah, Yemen . 2005-01-17 . 2021-08-19.
  7. News: Atiri . Hisham . 31 January 2015 . The residents of Sufyan village in Yemen told Al Ayyam: The shrine of saint Sufyan had already been demolished in 1994 CE . Al Ayyam.
  8. News: 28 January 2015 . Exhuming the grave of a man who did Jihad with Salahuddin al-Ayyubi in Lahij: The shrine of eminent scholar Sufyan was destroyed by terrorists . Shabwa Press.
  9. Web site: Old City of Sana'a . 25 December 2012 . UNESCO Organization.
  10. Web site: Al Saleh Mosque . 24 December 2012 . Official Website of Yemen Tourism . https://web.archive.org/web/20171208070701/http://www.yementourism.com/tourism2009/interests/detail.php?IBLOCK_ID=104&SECTION_ID=294&ELEMENT_ID=2695 . 8 December 2017 . dead.
  11. News: Yemen's Grandest Mosque Inaugurated . Al-Omari . Moneer . 24 November 2008 . . 1 January 2013.
  12. Web site: Mosque and Hammam Al-Mudhaffar . . 2012 . 15 August 2014.