Mosques in Lebanon - Mansouri Great Mosque, Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque, Taynal Mosqumansouri Great Mosque, Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque, Taynal Mosque, Fakhredine Mosque, Al-Uwaysiyat, Al-Burtasi, Al-Aattar E, Fakhredine Mosque, Al-Uwaysiyat, Al-Burtasi, Al-Aattar (Paperback)

Chapters: Mansouri Great Mosque, Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque, Taynal Mosque, Fakhredine Mosque, Al-Uwaysiyat, Al-Burtasi, Al-Aattar, Al-Tawbat. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Courtyard and minaret of the Mansouri Great Mosque The Mansouri Great Mosque or the is a mosque in Tripoli, Lebanon, also known simply as The Great Mosque of Tripoli. It was built in the Mamluk period, from 1294 to 1314, around the remains of a Crusader Church of St. Mary. In any case, the two Christian elements in no way detract from the traditional Muslim nature of this great royal mosque, the first building erected in Mamluk Tripoli. The Mansouri Mosque was named after the Mamluk sultan who conquered Tripoli from the Crusaders in 1289, al-Mansur Qalawun. The mosque itself was erected by his two sons, al-Ashraf Khalil, who ordered its construction in 1294, and al-Nasir Muhammad, who had the arcade built around the courtyard in 1314. Located on the site of what was once a Crusaders' suburb at the foot of the Citadel of Tripoli, the mosque was often mistaken for a remodeled Christian church by medieval travelers and modern historians alike. Two elements, the door and the minaret, probably do belong to an earlier, Christian structure that were incorporated into the mosque when it was built, but the buildingcomprising its court, arcades, fountain, and prayer hallis essentially a Muslim creation. In any case, the two Christian elements do not detract from the traditional Muslim nature of this great royal mosque, which also became the first building the Mamluks erected Tripoli. During Amir Qaratay's first term as Governor of Tripoli (1316-1326), he endowed the Mansouri's Mosque's minbar and also built the Madrasah Qartawiyyah, known as the "finest" madrasa in Tripoli, which adj...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2132842