The Umayyad Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأموي, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-Umawī), also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus...

later traditions, the construction of the earliest mosque on the site was commenced by the Umayyad caliph al-Walid I in 715 and was finished by his successor...

Under Umayyad patronage, Islamic architecture began to mature and acquire traditions of its own, such as the introduction of mihrabs to mosques, a trend...

or the Umayyad caliph Mu'awiya I (r. 661–680), a small prayer house on the compound was erected near the mosque's site. The present-day mosque, located...

story of building the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. For medieval Muslim historians, these parallels served to highlight a dynastic Umayyad conquest of Spain...

Medina; and Al-Masjid al-Aqsa, in Jerusalem. Both the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron have been considered the fourth holiest...

Cathedral Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque Bab Saghir Cemetery Mausoleum of Saladin Nabi Habeel Mosque Al-Adiliyah...

great importance. Within the Levant, both the Umayyad Mosque in the city of Damascus and the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron have held interchangeable...

Roman Temple of Hercules The Umayyad Palace, mosque, and water cistern The Byzantine church (ESE of the Umayyad mosque) The Ayyubid watchtower The Temple...

This article lists mosques from around the world by available capacity, that belong to any Islamic school or branch, that can accommodate at least 15...

cellar of Ananias's house. The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Grand Mosque of Damascus, is one of the largest mosques in the world and also one of the...

erected near the mosque's site. The present-day mosque, located on the south wall of the compound, was originally built by the fifth Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik...

wealth to his subjects; he is buried in a mausoleum adjacent to the Umayyad Mosque. Alongside his significance to Muslim culture, Saladin is revered prominently...

The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (UK: /uːˈmaɪjæd/, US: /uːˈmaɪæd/; Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, romanized: al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya) was the...

decorated the mosque, naming its walls, doors and minarets after themselves and their forefathers. After an expansion during the reign of the Umayyad caliph...

construction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Umayyads. The Catholic church of Saint Nicholas (Shën Nikollë) was turned into a mosque. After being destroyed in...

capital. The vast architecture is associated with the hypostyle of the Umayyad Mosque, which was used during the introduction of Islam in new areas. The early...

Green Dome in Medina. The place where Jesus is believed to return, the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, is highly esteemed by Muslims as the fourth holiest site...

White Mosque (Arabic: المسجد الأبيض, romanized: al-Masjid al-Abyad; Hebrew: המסגד הלבן, romanized: HaMisgad HaLavan) was an Umayyad-era mosque located...

many of the Umayyad caliphs, each city generally had only one congregational mosque where Friday prayers were held, while smaller mosques for regular...

and establishing mosques within the Levant, as the Umayyads constructed among the most revered mosques in the region — Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock...

The Umayyad dynasty (Arabic: بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ, romanized: Banū Umayya, lit. 'Sons of Umayya') or Umayyads (Arabic: الأمويون, romanized: al-Umawiyyūn) was...

Shams al-Din al-Khalili (1320–1380) formed a team of muwaqqits in the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus. Syria and Egypt were the major centres of muwaqqit activity...

Emirate of Córdoba (Arabic: إمارة قرطبة, romanized: Imārat Qurṭubah) or Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba was a medieval Islamic kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula...

visual culture. The Umayyads were the first to add the mihrab to mosque design, a concave niche in the qibla wall of the mosque. The first mihrab reportedly...

the east of Damascus, thought to be the Minaret of Isa located on the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. He will descend from the heavens wearing two garments lightly...

Umayyad rule in North Africa or Umayyad Ifriqiya was a province of the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) during the historical period in which it ruled the Maghreb...

road, and is located in the Dimashq Neighborhood, southwest of the Umayyad Mosque. The bāb (Arabic: بَاب, gate) was initially built by the Arameans, then...

architect of the great Umayyad mosque of Mosul, which later further expanded and rebuilt by Marwan ibn Muhammad during the era of Umayyad Caliphate. It is the...

in Arabic by Dr Ali Gomaa. Shrine of Yahya (John the Baptist) in the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. Barack Obama's New Year Greetings 2009 (film) Rasoul Ghorbani...