Neither the founder nor the construction date of Al Doubbaha Mosque is known. The building is generally thought to have Mamluk origins and to have been rebuilt during the Ottoman period. The mosque also contains tombs associated with sheikhs of the Naqshbandi Sufi order, linking its architectural history with the city’s religious traditions.
Read MoreSheikh Abdulwahed Al Muknassi, who came from Morocco, completed this mosque in 1306 during Tripoli’s Mamluk period. The founder’s Moroccan background is reflected in the building itself. Moroccan influences can be seen in the historic inscriptions inside the mosque and in its small minaret. The latter is regarded as the smallest minaret in Tripoli’s old […]
Read MoreA broad dome, among the largest in Tripoli, distinguishes Al Ouaisiya Mosque. The building began as a small Mamluk zawiya, a place associated with religious and Sufi activity, before being converted into a mosque during the Ottoman period. A minaret in the characteristic Ottoman style was added during this later development. The mosque also grew […]
Read MoreAl Burtassi stands beside the Abu Ali River as both a mosque and a former school. Issa ibn Omar Al Burtassi established it during the Mamluk period, in the fourteenth century—the eighth century of the Hijri calendar—to teach religion according to the Shafi‘i school and to accommodate Friday prayers. The building and its riverside surroundings […]
Read MoreTripoli’s many historic mosques preserve a major part of its Mamluk and Ottoman heritage. Their architecture ranges from restrained, carefully proportioned spaces to richly decorated buildings whose stonework, domes and entrances are outstanding examples of Islamic architecture. Taynal Mosque is especially admired for its architectural refinement and ornament. Together with the Al Mansouri Great Mosque […]
Read MoreAzm Cultural Center, also known as Beit El Fan or the House of Art, brings cultural activity into a building whose history is believed to reach back to the twelfth century. Its restoration retained the beauty and historic character of the architecture while adapting the setting to its cultural role. A tradition associated with the […]
Read MoreBuilt in 1740 by Asaad Pasha al-Azm, Hammam Al Jadid is the Ottoman “new bath” and one of Tripoli’s most lavish historic bathhouses. Its entrance announces the richness of the building: alternating black and white stone frames a portal decorated with projecting cornices, sculpted recesses and finely worked architectural ornament. Above the doorway is an […]
Read MoreHammam El Abed has carried Tripoli’s communal bathing tradition through the centuries. Probably built during the Ottoman period in the middle of the seventeenth century, it takes its name from a local account of an African servant who was killed at the bathhouse entrance. Its layout follows the arrangement familiar in Mamluk and Ottoman baths. […]
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Taynal Mosque stands in Bab Al Ramel, south of Tripoli’s old city. Among the city’s historic mosques, it is especially admired for the richness of its architecture and decoration, and is second in importance to the Great Mansouri Mosque. Its distinctive atmosphere has given it a special place in the religious life of Tripoli. Prince […]
Read MoreAl Mansouri Great Mosque stands at the heart of the old city and is a defining monument of Mamluk Tripoli. Construction began in 1294 under Sultan Al Ashraf Khalil Bin Qalawun, five years after the Mamluks defeated the Crusaders and took the city. It was the first mosque of the new Mamluk city and remains […]
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