Sheikh Ali al-Bakka Mosque
mosque in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine
Key facts
- Built
- 1282
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Overview
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The Sheikh Ali al-Bakka Mosque is a 13th-century mosque in the northwestern part of the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank. Built in the Mamluk architectural tradition, it is recorded as dating from 1282. The surrounding quarter, Harat ash-Sheikh (or Sheikh Ali al-Bakka), takes its name from the mosque. Arabic Wikipedia describes it as the second-oldest mosque in Hebron after the Ibrahimi Mosque and places it about one and a half kilometres to the north of that mosque.
History
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The mosque was built during the Mamluk period, in 1282 according to the record. It is mentioned in several historical works, including al-Uns al-Jalil on the history of Jerusalem and Hebron, al-Dhahabi's Tarikh al-Islam and Ibn Kathir's al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya. The quarter around it is known as Harat ash-Sheikh after the mosque.
From Wikipedia
The Sheikh Ali al-Bakka Mosque, also known as the Shaykh Ali al-Baka Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الشيخ علي بكاء), is a 13th-century mosque in the northwestern section of the Old City of Hebron in the southern West Bank, Palestine. It is situated in the Harat ash-Sheikh (or Sheik Ali al-Bakka) quarter, one of the Old City's quarters, which is named after the mosque.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A1
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Ali_al-Bakka_Mosque
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