Emir Assaf Mosque

Emir Assaf Mosque is located in downtown Beirut, Lebanon.

Emir Assaf Mosque
جامع الأمير منصور عساف
Location
LocationBeirut, Lebanon
Geographic coordinates33.8975°N 35.5059°E / 33.8975; 35.5059
Architecture
Date established1597

History

This mosque was inaugurated by Emir Mansur Assaf in 1597, on the former Serail Square that hosted Emir Fakhreddine’s palace and celebrated gardens. The Old Serail and the bath complex were replaced by Souk Sursock in the 1880s, while the Bab al-Saraya gate was removed in 1915 to make way for the new Foch-Allenby commercial district. In 1934, the mosque’s ablution rooms were built on the west side, in alignment with the street leading to Etoile Square. Post-war restoration of the mid-1990s lead to the renovation of the original western façade of the mosque.

Architecture

The square shape of the mosque, its five-cupola roof, the ablaq decoration of the entrance and the fine muqarnass detailing of the windows are characteristic of Lebanese style. Gray granite Roman columns support the central dome in the mosque's prayer hall. There was a bath complex located opposite the mosque, and the city gate known as Bab al-Saraya.

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See also

References
  • Al-Wali, Sheikh Mohammad Taha (1973) Tarikh al-masajid wal jawami’ al-sharifa fi Bayrout, Dar al-Kotob, Beirut.
  • Hallaq, Hassan (1987) Al-tarikh alijtima'i wa al-siyasi wa al-iqtisadi fi Bayrut, [Social, Political and Economic History of Beirut], Dar al-Jami'at, Beirut.
  • Hallaq, Hassan (1987) Bayrut al-mahrousa fil'ahd al-'uthmâni, [Beirut during the Ottoman Period], Dar al-Jami'at, Beirut.
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