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Al-Tawbat mosque
The mosque minaret and a dome, in 2003
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Tripoli, North Governorate
Country	Lebanon
Location of the mosque in Lebanon
Geographic coordinates	34°26′16.0″N 35°50′43.4″E / 34.437778°N 35.845389°E / 34.437778; 35.845389
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Mamluk architecture
Date established	14th century
Specifications
Dome(s)	Three
Minaret(s)	One
Materials	Stone

The Al-Tawbat Mosque is a mosque, located in Tripoli, in the Northern Governorate of Lebanon. The mosque was built in the Mamluk era, during the 14th century.

History

No founding inscription exists, so the exact year of construction is not known. However, it was estimated to have been built during the third reign of Al-Nasir Muhammad.

The building was destroyed by a flood that occurred on January 20, 1612. The mosque was restored in June of the same year. An inscription tells about the construction and restoration by Husayn Pasha ibn Yusuf Sayfa, the governor of Tripoli.

Architecture

The outside of the building is not decorated. The structure comprises a minaret in its northwestern corner. On a square base rests an octagonal shaft. On its top is a square balcony.

The entrance lies below the street level, some steps that are covered by an arch lead down to its door. The central part is the prayer hall that is covered by vaults over which three green domes form its roof. In its center an axial mihrab is flanked by two smaller mihrabs to its sides like in the Mansouri Great Mosque.

Gallery

• Entrance of the mosque
• Minaret

Tripoli landmark map

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References

1. ^ Salam-Liebich, Hayat (1983), The Architecture of the Mamluk City of Tripoli, pp. 93–100, Wikidata Q115915646
2. Lebanon: Suggestions for the Plan of Tripoli and for the Surroundings of the Baalbek Acropolis: Report of the UNESCO Mission of 1953. UNESCO. 1953 – via Google Books.

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Tawba Mosque at Wikimedia Commons

See also

• Islam in Lebanon
• List of mosques in Lebanon

v t e   Mosques in Lebanon
Beirut	Al-Majidiyyeh Al-Omari Grand Emir Assaf Emir Munzer Mohammad Al-Amin
Tripoli	Abd al-Wahid Al-Attar Al-Burtasi Al-Tawbat Al-Uwaysiyat Mansouri Great Mu'allaq Taynal
Other locations	Fakhreddine
Category List Islam in Lebanon Mosques by country

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