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Umar ibn al-Khattab Mosque

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102: 343: 331: 319: 33: 287:, hence the mosque's name. However, the structure of the mosque does not resemble architecture contemporary to the time period of the Rashidun Caliphate, so the attribution of its construction to Umar is considered by some historians to be unreliable. 101: 311:
The spiral, pyramidal-base minaret of the mosque is considered the oldest minaret in the whole of North Arabia. As for the mosque, the whole structure including the prayer hall and minaret are made out of brick.
342: 259:, who is believed to have constructed the mosque, although this claim has been contested. The mosque's minaret is the first of its kind to be built in North Arabia as well. 479: 159: 519: 117: 17: 72: 509: 43: 359: 283:. The Islamic tradition reports that Umar ibn al-Khattab built the mosque to pray at, while on his journey to 330: 318: 439: 152: 303:
in a more accurate direction. The mosque itself is still a popular tourist destination in the modern age.
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family renovated the mosque, as well as rebuilt the prayer hall so that it faced the
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Charloux, Guillaume; Loreto, Romolo (January 2013).
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Omar ibn al-Khattab Mosque
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Affiliation
Sunni Islam
Dumat al-Jandal
Al Jawf Province
Saudi Arabia
Geographic coordinates
29°48′43″N 39°52′03″E / 29.81196°N 39.86758°E / 29.81196; 39.86758
mosque
Style
Islamic architecture
Arabic
Dumat al-Jandal
Al Jawf Province
Saudi Arabia
Rashidun
Umar ibn al-Khattab
Marid Castle
Umayyad Caliphate
Jerusalem
Saud
qibla
Inside the mosque's prayer hall
A columned arcade within the mosque
The courtyard of the mosque

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