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List of mosques in Yemen

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

Name Images Location Year/century Remarks
Aidrus MosqueImageCity of Aden1699Named for Abu Bakr al-Aydarus, a Sufi mystic.[1]
Al-Abbas MosqueSana'a, Yemen.1125 CEOne of the early mosques of Islam.
Al-Asha'ir MosqueImageZabid, Al-Hudaydah628One of the early mosques of Islam. Part of UNESCO's World Heritage Site of Zabid.[2]
Al-Muhdhar MosqueImageTarim, Hadhramaut1914With a height of approximately 53 m (174 ft), the minaret is the tallest mudbrick structure in the World.[3][4][5]
Qubbat az-Zum MosqueImageJiblah, Ibb1515–1516One of two prominent mosques in the historical town of Jibla.[6][7]
Queen Arwa MosqueImageJiblah1111Associated with Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi, and is one of the two iconic mosques of Jibla, Yemen.[7]
Al-Hadi MosqueImageCity of Sa'dah897
Sufyan MosqueImageLahij1215Dedicated to Sufyan ibn Abdullah al-Abini al-Yamani, a Muslim scholar who fought in the 1187 Battle of Hattin against the Crusaders in Jerusalem.[8][9]
Alansar MosqueSanaa?
Al-Bakiriyya MosqueImageSanaa1596–1597Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[10]
Abdulhadi as-Soudi MosqueImageTaiz16th centuryNamed 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.
Alemaan MosqueSanaa?
Al-Mahdi MosqueImageSanaa1651Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[10]
Al-Saleh MosqueImageSanaa2008The largest mosque in the country.[11][12]
Al-Shohada' MosqueSanaa?
Al-Towheed MosqueSanaa?
Great Mosque of Sana'aImageSanaa7th-8th CenturyPart of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[10]
Hanthel MosqueSanaa?
Ashrafiya MosqueImageCity of Ta'iz1275
Al-Janad MosqueImageTaiz7th-century
Mudhaffar MosqueImageTaiz13th Century
Talha MosqueImageSanaa1620[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Stanley Gibbons' Simplified Stamp Catalogue (24 ed.). London: Stanley Gibbons Ltd. 1959. p. 1.
  2. ↑ "Historic Town of Zabid". UNESCO Organization. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Tarim ... the town of mosques and schools". Yemen Times. November 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-04-16.
  4. ↑ "مسجد المحضار". Archived from the original on 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  5. ↑ "مسجد المحضار..منارة تناطح السحاب من "الطين" بتصميم أحد الشعراء". Poetry News Agency (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2014-10-07.
  6. ↑ الحسني, أحمد (2005-01-17). "جبـــــــــــلة .. ثلاثية المرأة والأفيون والمآذن". Almotamar (in Arabic). Jiblah, Yemen. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  7. 1 2 Jibla and its surroundings, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, retrieved 2009-04-20
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "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. 28 January 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 "Old City of Sana'a". UNESCO Organization. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "Al Saleh Mosque". Official Website of Yemen Tourism. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  12. ↑ Al-Omari, Moneer (24 November 2008). "Yemen's Grandest Mosque Inaugurated". Yemen Post. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "Mosque and Hammam Al-Mudhaffar". World Monuments Fund. 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
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