El Mina’s Hamidi Mosque was built on the remains of the first official school established there by the Ottoman authorities. The mosque bears the name of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. Its construction commemorated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession to the Ottoman throne.
Read MoreAl Ali Al Kabir Mosque has Mamluk origins, though its precise construction date is unknown. Abu Bakr Bin Muhammad Agha later renovated and enlarged the building. It stands in El Mina’s Souk Al Islam. The mosque occupies the upper level above the market shops, while the ablution area is situated below.
Read MoreAbdullah Ghazi built this mosque during the nineteenth century, under Ottoman rule, in the heart of the Muslim Al Asqla quarter. The building has a square plan. A finely worked marble arch crowns its entrance, with a modest minaret rising above.
Read MorePrince Saif Al Din Argon Shah founded this building toward the end of the Mamluk period. It originally served as a zawiya or religious school before becoming a mosque. The alterations made over successive periods remain visible in its architecture. The eastern wall preserves Mamluk features, while the minaret shows the influence of the later […]
Read MoreMahmoud Lutfi Al Zaeem, a prominent figure in Ottoman Tripoli, built this mosque in 1555. It is also known as Al Zaeem Mosque and Al Mahmoudiya, but its most familiar name is Al Mouallaq—the “suspended” mosque. That name describes its unusual position: part of the building extends above an old street carried beneath stone arches. […]
Read MoreAl Tahham Mosque belongs to the Mamluk period, although the identity of its founder is unknown. The prayer space occupies an upper floor above a group of shops. The building is distinguished by its handsome minaret and by granite columns crowned with Corinthian capitals.
Read MoreMahmoud Bey Al Zaeem built this mosque in 1612, during the Ottoman period. Its impressive dome rises from a hexagonal base and is among the largest and highest domes in Tripoli. A cylindrical minaret completes the composition. Its form clearly reflects the Ottoman architectural tradition of the building’s time.
Read MoreAl Hamidi is associated with an earlier building known as the Mosque of the Tanners. That mosque probably dated to the beginning of the sixteenth century, during the final decades of Mamluk rule in the Levant. The older structure was demolished and rebuilt in 1892. Residents of Tripoli carried out the rebuilding with assistance from […]
Read MoreAl Tawba Mosque was built in the fourteenth century during the reign of the Mamluk Sultan Al Nasir Qalawun. It stands in the Dabbagha district on the western bank of the Abu Ali River, near Khan Al Askar. A local story explains its name, which means “repentance,” through the construction of the Great Mansouri Mosque. […]
Read MoreBadr Eddine Al Attar, a wealthy resident of Tripoli, built this mosque in 1334, after the Mamluk conquest of the city. It occupies the site of a ruined Crusader church. The mosque is particularly admired for its eastern and western entrances. Its finely decorated square minaret ranks among the most elaborate surviving Mamluk minarets in […]
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