List of mosques in Syria

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This is a list of mosques in Syria .

Name	Images	City	Year (CE)	Group	Remarks
al-Shuaibiyah Mosque		Aleppo	637	Su	Believed to be one of the oldest mosques in the Levant [1]
Umayyad Mosque		Damascus	715	Su	The National mosque of Syria, It is considered to be the oldest mosque still in use in its original form. [2] It includes a shrine of John the Baptist (Yahya) [3]
Great Mosque of Aleppo		Aleppo	715	Su	Shrine of Zechariah, father of John the Baptist. The mosque and its minaret were partially destroyed in April 2013, during the Syrian Civil War [4]
Al-Omari Mosque		Bosra	721		Substantially destroyed during the Syrian civil war, c. 2012 [5]
Great Mosque of Raqqa		Raqqa	772		In partial ruins since c. 2010s
Great Mosque of Hama		Hama	8th century		Destroyed during the 1982 Hama massacre and reconstructed in 2001 [6]
al-Nuqtah Mosque		Aleppo	944	Sh	[7]
Great Mosque of al-Nuri		Homs	1129	Su
Nur al-Din Mosque		Hama	1172	Su
Al-Qaiqan Mosque		Aleppo	12th century
Great Mosque of Maarat al-Numan		Maarat al-Numan	12th century		Destroyed during the 2016 Battle of Maarat al-Numan [8]
Hanabila Mosque		Damascus	1210		Believed to be a miniature version of the Umayyad Mosque [9]
Aqsab Mosque		Damascus	1234	Su
Great Mosque of Sarmin		Sarmin	1259		Significantly damaged in October 2023, during the Syrian civil war [10] [11]
Yalbugha Mosque		Damascus	1264		Repurposed for profane use in the 19th century; demolished in 1974; rebuilt on the same location in 2014 [12]
Mahmandar Mosque		Aleppo	1303		Minaret was damaged in 2012, during the Battle of Aleppo [13]
Mosque of Prophet Huri		Cyrrhus	1314	Su	Established during the Mamluk period around a historic Roman-period hexagonal tower tomb. Damaged in conflicts in 2018 and restored in 2020
Altun Bogha Mosque		Aleppo	1318		[14]
Abu'l-Fida Mosque		Hama	1327		Mausoleum completed in 1327; the mosque during the Mamluk era [15]
Al-Tawashi Mosque		Aleppo	1348
Bahsita Mosque		Aleppo	1350
Al-Sahibiyah Mosque		Aleppo	1350		[16]
al-Otrush Mosque		Aleppo	1408		[17]
Al-Saffahiyah Mosque		Aleppo	1425		[18]
Salimiyya Takiyya		Damascus	1519	Su	Sufi takiyya [19]
Khusruwiyah Mosque		Aleppo	1547		The mosque was entirely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in August 2014 [20]
Sulaymaniyya Takiyya		Damascus	1559	Su	Sufi takiyya [21]
Al-Adiliyah Mosque		Aleppo	1566		The mosque was almost entirely destroyed during the Battle of Aleppo in the summer of c. 2015
Murad Pasha Mosque		Damascus	1568	Su	Also known as the Naqshbandi Mosque after the Naqshbandi Sufi order. [22]
Darwish Pasha Mosque		Damascus	1574	Su
Behramiyah Mosque		Aleppo	1583		Ottoman style; rebuilt many times [23]
Sinan Pasha Mosque		Damascus	1590	Su	Named after Sinan Pasha [24]
Nabi Habeel Mosque		Damascus	1599	Sh	Tomb of Abel, son of Prophet Adam
Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque		Homs	1912	Su	Preserves the tomb of Khalid ibn al-Walid, one of the most prominent Sahaba
Al-Atassi Mosque		Homs	1913		Founded by the Al-Atassi family; completed in the late Ottoman style [25]
Al-Salam Mosque		Homs	1980
Tawhid Mosque		Aleppo	1981
Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque		Damascus	1985	TS	Shrine of Fatimah, the youngest daughter of Husayn ibn Ali [26]
Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque		Sayyida Zaynab	1991	TS	Shrine of Zaynab bint Ali [27] , her grave's location is debated between this mosque and Cairo's mosque.
Ar-Rahman Mosque		Aleppo	1994
Uwais al-Qarni Mosque		Raqqa	2003	TS	Destroyed by the Islamic State on 31 May 2014 [28]
Mosque of Sultan Ibrahim Ibn Adham		Jableh	785	Su	Contains a tomb dedicated to the Sufi mystic Ibrahim ibn Adham
Al-Iman Mosque		Damascus	?

Group

Su	Sunni
Sh	Shī‘ah
TS	Twelver Shī‘ah

See also

• Syria portal
• Islam portal

• Islam in Syria
• Lists of mosques

References

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