Al-Omari Mosque المسجد العمري
Basic information
Location	Bosra, Syria
Affiliation	Islam
Region	Levant
Status	Active
Architectural description
Architectural type	Mosque
Architectural style	Umayyad
Year completed	721
Specifications
Minaret(s)	1

The Al-Omari Mosque (Arabic: المسجد العمري‎) is an early Islamic-era mosque in the Roman city of Bosra, Syria.^[1] The mosque is one of the oldest surviving mosques in Islamic history. It was founded by Caliph Umar, who led the Muslim conquest of Syria. The mosque was completed in 721 by the Caliph Yazid II and renovated and expanded in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries by the Ayyubids who also fortified the Roman theatre and baths.^[1]

[edit] Architecture

The mosque's plan is arranged around an enclosed courtyard wrapped with a single arcade on the eastern and western sides and a double arcade on the southern side that leads to the prayer hall. The courtyard was originally used as a market and sleeping area for traveling caravans on the trade routes across Syria, especially on the annual pilgrimage roads to Mecca. The mosque has one of the earliest examples of an Umayyad square minaret, which was repeated in the other great Umayyad mosques in Damascus and Aleppo.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Bosra

[edit] References

v • d • e Mosques in Syria Aqsab Mosque • Darwish Pasha Mosque • al-Fadael Mosque • Great Mosque of Aleppo • Great Mosque of Hama • Great Mosque of Maarrat al-Numan • Great Mosque of al-Nuri • Great Mosque of Raqqah • Hanabila Mosque • Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque • Khusruwiyah Mosque • Al-Nuqtah Mosque • Nabi Habeel Mosque • Naissa Mosque • Nur al-Din Mosque • al-Omari Mosque • Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque • Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque • Sinan Pasha Mosque • Tekkiye Mosque • Umayyad Mosque