| Al-Jawali Mosque | |
| Native Name: | مسجد الجوالي |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Map Type: | West Bank |
| Map Size: | 220px |
| Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
| Location: | Hebron, West Bank, Palestine |
| Tradition: | Sunni |
| Festivals: | --> |
| Organizational Status: | --> |
| Architecture Type: | Mosque |
| Architecture Style: | Mamluk |
| Groundbreaking: | 1318 |
| Year Completed: | 1320 |
| Date Destroyed: | --> |
| Dome Quantity: | 1 |
| Elevation Ft: | --> |
Al-Jawali Mosque or Amir Sanjar al-Jawli Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الجوالي) is a mosque in Hebron, Palestine, located in the southwestern corner of the Old City and part of the Ibrahimi Mosque (Cave of the Patriarchs) sanctuary.[1]
Al-Jawali Mosque was annexed to the Ibrahimi Mosque sanctuary and is an integral part of its layout, bordering the northeastern wall of that structure's enclosure.[1] [2] The remaining sides of the al-Jawali Mosque are hewn from stone and the mosque is not visible from the outside.[2] The al-Jawali and Ibrahimi mosques are attached to each other by a passageway running parallel to the latter mosque's prayer hall.[1]
The mosque consists of three arcades with intersecting vaults supported by large stone columns. Each of the arched passageways is covered by a dome.[1] A stone dome with corners decorated by muqarnas design and mosaic windows is situated atop the middle of the prayer hall.[2] The qibla wall's mihrab in the southeastern part of al-Jawali Mosque is carved into the rock of the mosque's walls and tiled with marble slabs decorated with tinted engravings.[1] The mihrab also has a semi-dome which is also decorated with marble.[2]
Al-Jawali Mosque was built on the orders of the Mamluk Governor of Gaza and Palestine, Sanjar al-Jawli, between 1318 and 1320 during the sultanate of an-Nasir Muhammad. Al-Jawli, for whom the mosque was named, constructed it to enlarge the prayer space to accommodate worshipers using the Ibrahimi Mosque. The mosque was built in an Aleppine architectural design.[1] Fifteenth-century Egyptian historian al-Maqrizi noted that mosque's ceiling was made of "beautifully dressed stone."[3]
According to English churchman Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, the mosque was built on the tomb of Judah, which was destroyed in the process.[4]
. Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, G . Moshe Sharon . 2009. 4. BRILL. 978-90-04-17085-8.
. Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, H-I . Moshe Sharon . 2013. 5. BRILL. 978-90-04-25097-0. (Sharon, 2013, p. 105 ff)