Sidna Omar Mosque

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Sidna Omar Mosque
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Sidna Omar Mosque is located in Jerusalem
Sidna Omar Mosque
Location within Jerusalem
General information
Typemosque
LocationOld City of Jerusalem
Coordinates31°46′30″N 35°13′52″E / 31.77500°N 35.23111°E / 31.77500; 35.23111Coordinates: 31°46′30″N 35°13′52″E / 31.77500°N 35.23111°E / 31.77500; 35.23111

The Sidna Omar mosque (Arabic: مسجد سيدنا عمر, lit. 'Lord Omar mosque') is a Mamluk-era mosque in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It stands adjacent to the Hurva synagogue.

In 2019 the mosque was renovated and was expected to reopen.[1]

History[]

Location of the mosque, between the Armenian and Jewish quarters, in a 1936 Survey of Palestine map
19th century depiction, described as the "Minaret of Omar", showing a muezzin in the balcony chanting the call to prayer

According to the historian Mujir al-Din, the mosque was renovated after 1397, and funds were collected and land donated to maintain it.[2] Obadiah Bartenura wrote that the mosque had been built by Jews who had converted to Islam.

In the Six Day War minaret was hit by snipers and renovated in 1974.[2]

The minaret (turret) is typical of the Mamluk period. It rises two stories high and topped by a balcony for the muezzin. The upper part of the minaret is narrow from its base in order to stabilize the structure.[2]

Archaeology[]

Some columns found inside the mosque have led to it being associated with the Crusader Church of St Martin in the late nineteenth century;[3] according to Burgoyne since the columns are in their secondary use "this tenuous link between the mosque and the church cannot be maintained."[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Yael Friedson (21 November 2011). ""עוד יהיה כאן פיצוץ": בקרוב מסגד בלב הרובע היהודי ("There will be another explosion here": Soon a mosque in the heart of the Jewish Quarter)". Ynet. לפני שנה שיפץ מלך מרוקו את מסגד דיסי (השני משני המסגדים שברובע היהודי), אך התושבים והמנהל הקהילתי הגיעו להסכמות שקטות עם נציגים מתונים בוואקף ולפיהן ייערכו תפילות במקום - ללא קריאות מואזין.
  2. ^ a b c d Burgoyne, Mamluk Jerusalem: An Architectural Study, 1984, p.513
  3. ^ J. E. Hanauer, THE CHURCHES OF ST. MARTIN AND ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST and subsequent letters, Palestine Exploration Quarterly, 1893, pages 301 onwards


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